Usmaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OOS-man
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Usmaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young bustard (a bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Usmaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Usman; South Asian form of Uthman
“young bustard (a bird)”
The South Asian form of Uthman, after Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph, who oversaw the compilation of the Quran.
Meaning borrowed from Usman. More on Wiktionary.
Is Usmaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Usmaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Usmaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Usmaan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Usmaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 102 boys in the UK were given Usmaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #438, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Usmaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 31 | #754 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 34 | #617 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 38 | #562 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
Names like Usmaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Umair Saif Qasim Habib Hamza Haseeb Fahad Zohaib Asad Azeem Hammad
Other spellings of Usmaan
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Usmaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/usmaan, updated 20 October 2026.