Osama — #6897 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Osama

The Social Security Administration has registered 961 babies named Osama between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osama currently holds the #6897 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Osama performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 419 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Osama shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Osama in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Osama in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 961 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.