# Usman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/usman/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Oosman, Ousmane |
| US babies named this | 1,728 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,728 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,503, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Via an intermediary language, such as Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), or Malay Usman, from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

## 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 | 24 | 4,207 |
| 2012 | 29 | 3,706 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,950 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,150 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,961 |
| 2016 | 46 | 2,684 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,764 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,576 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,845 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,414 |
| 2021 | 85 | 1,839 |
| 2022 | 97 | 1,736 |
| 2023 | 86 | 1,866 |
| 2024 | 97 | 1,721 |
| 2025 | 106 | 1,607 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 537 |
| 2012 | 67 | 542 |
| 2013 | 74 | 504 |
| 2014 | 67 | 544 |
| 2015 | 52 | 656 |
| 2016 | 71 | 546 |
| 2017 | 55 | 644 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 56 | 634 |
| 2020 | 79 | 488 |
| 2021 | 89 | 461 |
| 2022 | 88 | 461 |
| 2023 | 90 | 439 |
| 2024 | 91 | 442 |
| 2025 | 90 | 436 |

## People named Usman

- Usman Khawaja, Australian cricketer

## 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.