Usman
Masculine · “bustard chick”
Usman is the Urdu and Turkish form of Uthman — the third caliph, who ordered the standard text of the Quran compiled, and whose name founded an empire that lasted six centuries.
How old is the name Usman?
Usman first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Usman alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,700 people named Usman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Usman most popular?
Usman peaked in 2025, reaching #1602 nationally. Today it ranks #1602, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Uthman to Usman
The story of Usman
Uthman ibn Affan was the third caliph and had the Quran collected into a single authoritative text around 650. Osman I founded the Ottoman dynasty in 1299, and the empire's European name is his own. Usman is the standard South Asian spelling, and it appears in American records rising and in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
bustard chick; young serpent
From the Arabic Uthman, a pre-Islamic name generally read as the young of a bustard or, in some accounts, of a snake — Arabic naming often used animal young. The reading is offered by classical lexicographers but is not certain. The name is far older than any etymology given for it.
How the name formed
- Uthman
- Usman
Related forms: عثمان · Osman · Usman · Usman
Pronouncing Usman
OOS-mahn
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic Uthman has a th sound English keeps but Urdu and Turkish replace with s.
Nicknames for Usman
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 2025106 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1602reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +9.3%106 in 2025, from 97
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Usman in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- عثمان in Arabic — transliteration
- Osman in Turkish — related form
- Usman in Urdu — same name
- Usman in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Illinois.
Usmans among us
people named Usman are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,114 born in 2025 was named Usman
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rondall test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Usman's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rondall climbed just as high around 1961, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rondall's path sketches the road Usman is walking now.
Usman is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Usman is headed
Usman looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 25% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Usman beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Usman in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The caliph who fixed the text of the Quran carries it.
- The Ottoman Empire is named after the Turkish form, which is real historical weight.
- It is used across Arabic, Turkish, Urdu and Indonesian naming.
- The etymology is offered by classical sources but is not certain.
- Uthman, Osman and Usman are three regional forms and are easily confused.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Usmans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Usman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Usman in 2025?
- Usman ranks #1602 among US boy names in 2025, with 106 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Usman?
- About 1 in every 16,114 US boys born in 2025 was named Usman — 106 in all.
- Will my child share the name Usman with classmates?
- Usman will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Usman
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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