Ozell vs Ozella
American parents have registered 2,841 Ozells since 1880, against 2,338 Ozellas. But in 2025 it was Ozella that was commoner, 7 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ozell Ozella
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 127 years in which either name was published, Ozell for 84 years and Ozella for 43 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.
Side by side
| Ozell | Ozella | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,841 | 2,338 |
| Most in one year | 83 | 73 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 940 | 530 |
| Median age today | 66 | 74 |
| Peak year | 1937 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 967th boys | 862nd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | 11,932nd |
| First recorded | 1902 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 1,116 / 1,725 | 2,338 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Ozellas alive today are over 74; half the Ozells are over 66. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Ozell Mississippi (14.7×), Alabama (13.9×), Arkansas (9.4×)
- Ozella Oklahoma (11.0×), Mississippi (10.9×), Alabama (10.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ozell and Ozella.