Ossie

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɔsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ossie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 33K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 128K
  • USUnited States1 in 310K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,074 people, 2020

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ossie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ossie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,0741 in 310K547Ossie36
SE Sweden—801 in 128K80—2
GY Guyana—231 in 33K23——
MX Mexico————Ossie15
CO Colombia————Ossie3
CU Cuba#590———Ossie2
PA Panama———1Ossie5

1,074 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ossie is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Gabon

    Also written Ossié

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18801900192019401960Ossie Vitt, b. 1890Ossie Parry, b. 1908Ossie Jones, b. 1909Ossie Newton-Thompson, b. 1920Ossie Langfelder, b. 1926Ossie O'Brien, b. 1928Ossie Wheatley, b. 1935Ossie Chavarria, b. 1937Ossie Clark, b. 1942Ossie Stewart, b. 1954

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Ossie,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Ossie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020547#11,782
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020527#11,782
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191996—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192585—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192083—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—80#9,888
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192178—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192376—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192275—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192874—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192774—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191874—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ossie?
A machine transcription gives /ɔsi/ (IPA) for English.
Is Ossie a male or female name?
Ossie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What are other forms of the name Ossie?
In the etymology graph, Ozzie, Ozzy and Ossi are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Ossie have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Ossie, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ossie.
Where is Ossie most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ossie is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 33 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ossie?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,074 people named Ossie in 2020, about 1 in 310 thousand residents.
How common is Ossie compared with other names?
In Cuba, Ossie is the 590th most common given name of 6,267 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ossie” — the 590th most common given name in Cuba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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