How Many People Are Named Osama?

945

people named Osama are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 361,677 people in the US has this name

Based on 979 babies named Osama in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,993

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#4,008

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Peak Year

1999

65 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of USAMA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Osama in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Osama alive today is about 28 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 24 and 35 in 2025.

Under 30 505
53.4%
30 to 59 440
46.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Osama first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1999, to 65 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Osama has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,646, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #5,339.

Boys
Rank in 2025#5,339
Best rank#1,646 (1999)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,036 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Osama alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Osama were born in California than in any other state: about 61 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Osama was given 4 times as often in New York and 2.1 times in California.

California 61
New York 54
Texas 34
New Jersey 20
Illinois 18
Michigan 6
Virginia 5

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