Ozella
Bruce Ozella is an American cartoonist, best known for his revival of Popeye in 2012.
Meaning & Origin of Ozella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bruce Ozella is an American cartoonist, best known for his revival of Popeye in 2012.
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The Story of Ozella
American parents first put Ozella on the record books as a baby girl name in 1881, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 73 Ozellas were born — ranking #862 that year. About 25% of every Ozella on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ozella last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ozella
Ozella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ozella's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #862. Use the chart and map above to compare Ozella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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