Ousman — #9301 US boys' name
351 babies named Ousman in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Ousman was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Ousman in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ousman
The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Ousman between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ousman currently holds the #9301 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ousman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ousman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Ousman in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ousman 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 351 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.
Ousman at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ousman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2016)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #9301 among boys.
351 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 26 births in a single year.
Ousman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 149 births that decade — 42% of Ousman's all-time total
Ousman decade highlights
- Peak decade 149 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ousman's strongest decade
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Ousman by state
Where Ousman concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 1.4% |
66 of 351 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 18.8% of nationwide
- Washington 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 18.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.