Fun Facts About the Name Osiel
- More than 2 thousand babies named Osiel: U.S. records list 2,995 babies given the name Osiel from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Osiel Mean?
Osiel is a masculine name used mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, and it is generally explained as a Spanish form of the biblical Hebrew name ʿUzzîʾēl, known in English Bibles as Uzziel. The Hebrew name is usually translated "God is my strength" or "my strength is God." It is built from ʿōz, meaning "strength," and ʾēl, meaning "God," with a first-person possessive element attached to "strength"; read literally, the parts give "my strength is God." The customary English phrasing "God is my strength" is a smooth rendering of the same elements rather than a different meaning. The spelling Oziel is also used for the same name.
Osiel Name History & Origins
In the Hebrew Bible, Uzziel is the name of several men. The best known is Uzziel, a son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, whose line is counted among the Levites in Exodus 6:18 and Numbers 3:19. Other figures named Uzziel appear in the books of Chronicles and in Nehemiah.
From Hebrew, the name passed through the Greek and Latin biblical traditions into the vernacular Bibles of Europe. Spanish-language Bibles ordinarily use the spelling Uziel for the biblical figure, and the related spellings Oziel and Osiel are used as personal names in Spain and Latin America. Osiel belongs to that Spanish-language naming tradition; the exact point at which the Osiel spelling became established in records is not clearly documented.
How Popular is the Name Osiel?
Osiel has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #1,163 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,454 | 123 | 0.0072% |
| 2024 | #1,220 | 165 | 0.0096% |
| 2023 | #1,163 | 178 | 0.0104% |
| 2022 | #1,473 | 123 | 0.0071% |
| 2021 | #1,811 | 87 | 0.0050% |
| 2020 | #2,039 | 70 | 0.0041% |
| 2019 | #1,861 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #2,114 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2017 | #2,208 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2016 | #2,105 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2015 | #2,100 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2014 | #2,076 | 68 | 0.0035% |
| 2013 | #1,940 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #2,122 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 2011 | #1,856 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2010 | #1,542 | 105 | 0.0055% |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 100 | 0.0050% |
| 2008 | #1,360 | 126 | 0.0062% |
| 2007 | #1,548 | 102 | 0.0049% |
| 2006 | #1,559 | 95 | 0.0046% |
| 2005 | #1,332 | 114 | 0.0057% |
| 2004 | #1,431 | 99 | 0.0050% |
| 2003 | #1,448 | 91 | 0.0046% |
| 2002 | #1,720 | 68 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #1,655 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,041 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #1,925 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1998 | #2,340 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #2,053 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #1,759 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 1994 | #2,287 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1993 | #2,116 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1992 | #3,083 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #2,451 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #2,677 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1989 | #3,570 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #2,829 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #2,692 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #3,391 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #2,275 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #3,398 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,396 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,632 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,652 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,782 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #3,508 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #4,451 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #6,577 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #4,787 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #3,033 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #4,089 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #3,622 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #5,244 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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