# Uthman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uthman/  
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 | Usman |
| US babies named this | 348 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 348 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 560, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Ottoman and Osman.

## 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 | 9 | 8,712 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,685 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,217 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,735 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,650 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,694 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,093 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,472 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,530 |
| 2021 | 15 | 6,011 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,289 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,603 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,420 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,240 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 40 | 805 |
| 2022 | 41 | 784 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: عُثْمَان
- Portuguese: Otomão

## People named Uthman

- Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656
- Uthman ibn Maz'un, Companion of Muhammad
- Uthman ibn Abi al-As, Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Uthman ibn Abi Nis'a al-Khath'ami
- Uthman ibn Sa’id al-Asadi, first ambassador of Imam Mahdi
- Abu Quhafa, Arab tribal chief of the Banu Taym (538-635)

## 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.