Boys' name · since 1979
Usman
1,728 babies named Usman in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,609 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,607 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,728
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,728 babies have been named Usman since 1979, making it today's #1607 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Usman has been recorded 1,728 times among boys since 1979, currently ranked #1607 nationally and more common than 88% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #3,609 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,607 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,728 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Usman ranks #3,609 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,607 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,728 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,609 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,607 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,728
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Usman's 1,728 recorded births place it above 92.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Usman compares
1,728 Top 24% higher than 76% of 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
Usman's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Usman | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,728 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 34 | 22,252 |
Usman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Usman splits its recorded history at 2002: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 106 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Usman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Usman by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (526 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Usman's strongest decade.
526 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Usman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 165
1980s
165 births
- 1990s
1990s
313 births
- 2000s
2000s
338 births
- 2010s
2010s
380 births
- 2020s
2020s
526 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 526 births (30% of all-time use).
How Usman compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Usman's total volume
Usman by state
Where Usman concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 387 | 22.4% |
| #2 | California | | 188 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 98 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 97 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 45 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 22 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 18 | 1.0% |
387 of 1,728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Usman appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Usmans (387 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Usman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Usman 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.