NameTides

Usman

Usman was the #1,602 boys' name in the US in 2025 (106 babies), and #436 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Usman as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Usman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Usman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,602 (106)#436 (90)—#829 (3)#1,311 (18)
2024#1,709 (97)#442 (91)—#472 (7)#613 (44)
2023#1,851 (86)#439 (90)——#1,015 (23)
2022#1,731 (97)#461 (88)——#917 (26)
2021#1,823 (85)#461 (89)——#910 (26)
2020#2,392 (55)#488 (79)—#741 (3)#1,071 (20)
2019#2,808 (44)#634 (56)—#764 (3)#1,326 (15)
2018#2,546 (50)#646 (54)——#1,389 (13)
2017#3,678 (29)#644 (55)——#1,349 (14)
2016#2,661 (46)#546 (71)—#491 (6)#1,159 (18)
2015#2,919 (40)#656 (52)——#1,458 (12)
2014#3,090 (36)#544 (67)——#1,250 (15)
2013#2,895 (39)#504 (74)——#1,028 (20)
2012#3,625 (29)#542 (67)#669 (3)—#1,466 (12)
2011#4,110 (24)#537 (65)#544 (4)#730 (3)#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,602.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Usman is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Usman by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Usman (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#38734

Usman (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
UsmanCanadaBoys#1,31118
UsmanEngland & WalesBoys#43690
UsmanIrelandBoys#8293
UsmanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
UsmanScotlandBoys—too few
UsmanUSBoys#1,602106