Boys' name · since 1977
Osamah
Osamah has 101 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,376 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 101
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Osamah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 101 have been recorded since 1977.
Osamah has 101 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2001.
- #17,376 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 101 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Osamah ranks #17,376 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,376 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 101
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Osamah's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Osamah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Osamah's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Osamah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2001
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Osamah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (60 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Osamah's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Osamah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Osamah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Osamah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Osamah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.