Osama
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Osama is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Osama mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Osama a girl's or a boy's name?
Osama is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Osama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Osama, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Osama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Osama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 29 | #691 |
| 2000 | 27 | #728 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Osama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Osama, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Osama in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Osama in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 65 | #1,639 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Osama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa, Hamza, Muhammad, Abdullah, Huzaifa, Musa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Khalifa, Umar, Hassan, Amir
Names related to Osama
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Osama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/osama, updated 20 October 2026.