# Osama (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/osama/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈsɑmə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Usama |
| US babies named this | 979 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 979 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 306, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,883 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,877 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,411 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,615 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,224 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,265 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,570 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,436 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,029 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,325 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,989 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,810 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,406 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,148 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,341 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Osama

- Osama bin Laden, founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
- Osama Orabi, Egyptian footballer
- Osama Omari, footballer
- Osama Akharraz, Danish footballer
- Osama Nabih, Egyptian footballer
- Osama Al Hamady, footballer
- Osama Khalaila, Arab-Israeli association footballer
- Osama Malik, Australian soccer player
- Usama ibn Munqidh, Arabic poet
- Oussama Darfalou, Algerian association football player
- Oussama Sahnoune, Algerian swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.