Usman
Boy · OOS-man · Arabic
Usman is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young bustard (a bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 476th for boys in the UK (90 babies) and 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).
What does Usman mean?
Arabic: 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.
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Is Usman a girl's or a boy's name?
Usman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 boys in the UK and 106 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Usman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #476among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 90 boys in the UK were named Usman, making it the 476th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 528th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 125 boys.
Half of all the boys named Usman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. 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 Usman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #438, up from #476 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 436th in England and Wales.
Usman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #476 |
| 2024 | 91 | #488 |
| 2023 | 90 | #490 |
| 2022 | 90 | #494 |
| 2021 | 89 | #508 |
| 2020 | 80 | #528 |
| 2019 | 56 | #679 |
| 2018 | 54 | #705 |
| 2017 | 56 | #693 |
| 2016 | 73 | #580 |
| 2015 | 53 | #700 |
| 2014 | 69 | #586 |
| 2013 | 74 | #546 |
| 2012 | 70 | #572 |
| 2011 | 69 | #564 |
| 2010 | 63 | #603 |
| 2009 | 72 | #534 |
| 2008 | 98 | #422 |
| 2007 | 86 | #450 |
| 2006 | 84 | #437 |
| 2005 | 78 | #418 |
| 2004 | 114 | #307 |
| 2003 | 109 | #304 |
| 2002 | 89 | #329 |
| 2001 | 108 | #285 |
| 2000 | 125 | #260 |
| 1999 | 119 | #274 |
| 1998 | 107 | #281 |
| 1997 | 104 | #294 |
| 1996 | 111 | #277 |
How popular is Usman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,602among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 106about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Usman, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had the most boys named Usman of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Usman in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Usman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #1,602 for this spelling alone.
Usman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,602 |
| 2024 | 97 | #1,709 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 97 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 85 | #1,823 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Usman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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