Boys' name · since 1997
Oussama
11 babies named Oussama in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,719 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
11 babies have been named Oussama since 1997, making it today's #12719 boys' name.
Oussama has 11 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12719 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #33,965 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,719 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 1997
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oussama ranks #33,965 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,719 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11 born since 1997, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,719 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Oussama's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Oussama compares
11 4th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oussama's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oussama | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oussama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Oussama's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Oussama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Oussama by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Oussama's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Oussama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Oussama's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oussama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Oussama 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.