girls:
1.4k births since 1880
#4372 (23rd percentile)
boys:
748 births since 1884
#3839 (16th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1880
#5681 (27th percentile)
The name Osie is the #5,681 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,102 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 26.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,372 (23.5% percentile) for all time with 1,354 births since 1880. For boys, it ranks #3,839 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 748 births since 1884.
Osie has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for girls and since 1884 for boys). Birth data for Osie is available in 88 out of the 103 years between 1880 and 1982 (76 years for girls and 68 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Osie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.4% of all recorded births). In 1982, 0.0% of babies named Osie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1946, the name was more popular for girls (69.2% girls from 1880 to 1945), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (69.6% boys from 1946 to 1982).
For girls, Osie reached its peak popularity in 1900, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #330) with 98 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 98 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1961.
For boys, Osie reached its peak popularity in 1908, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #253) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 84 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Osie".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Osie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Osie is pronounced as OH-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-see, at 37.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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