Is Osie a boy or girl name?

Osie is a unisex name. Of the 2,102 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 64.4% were girls and 35.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1944, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Osie

Recorded 1880–1982 · United States

Osie was most popular in 1927, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,671 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,102 people named Osie.

Osie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Osie’s peak in 1927. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Osie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Osie is a unisex name — 64.4% of the 2,102 Americans given it were girls and 35.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1944 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Osie

Where Osie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Georgia 9.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org