girls:
154 births since 1899
#5562 (3rd percentile)
boys:
26 births since 1917
#4560 (1st percentile)
overall:
180 births since 1899
#7559 (2nd percentile)
The name Oza is the #7,559 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 180 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,562 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 154 births since 1899. For boys, it ranks #4,560 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1917.
Oza first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for girls and 1917 for boys). Birth data for Oza is available in 26 out of the 63 years between 1899 and 1961 (23 years for girls and 5 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 Oza has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.6% of all recorded births being female. In 1961, 0.0% of babies named Oza were girls. Interestingly, until around 1950, the name was more popular for girls (90.6% girls from 1899 to 1949), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1950 to 1961).
For girls, Oza reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #602) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1949.
For boys, Oza reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #538) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1961.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oza".
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