Ozlem
Özlem is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Özlem" means yearning and missing.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Ozlem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Özlem is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Özlem" means yearning and missing.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Ozlem
Ozlem first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 29 Ozlems were born — ranking #4,670 that year. As of 2026, Ozlem ranks #7,866 for baby girls with 13 births, with steady use. In total, more than 104 Ozlems have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ozlem
Ozlem is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 104 births in the dataset. Ozlem's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #4,670. Use the chart and map above to compare Ozlem'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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