Oziel
Oziel is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Oziel França da Silva, Brazilian football player Oziel Hlalele Motaung, member of the Pan-African Parliament from Lesotho
- Biblical Greek
Meaning & Origin of Oziel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Oziel is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Oziel França da Silva, Brazilian football player Oziel Hlalele Motaung, member of the Pan-African Parliament from Lesotho
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Greek
The Story of Oziel
American parents first put Oziel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1963, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 212 Oziels were born — ranking #1,048 that year. About 37% of every Oziel on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Oziel ranks #1,048 for baby boys with 212 births, rising sharply (+122% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Oziel
Oziel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Oziel's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,048. Use the chart and map above to compare Oziel'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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