Usman

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Usman: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Usman: Recorded every year since 1980, it reached #244 in 2000, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#244highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Usman's record

Ranked every year since 1980, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#268
1997	#285
1998	#263
1999	#259
2000	#244
2001	#267
2002	#304
2003	#285
2004	#283
2005	#395
2006	#411
2007	#416
2008	#390
2009	#505
2010	#574
2011	#537
2012	#542
2013	#504
2014	#544
2015	#656
2016	#546
2017	#644
2018	#646
2019	#634
2020	#488
2021	#461
2022	#461
2023	#439
2024	#442

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #442 among boys in England and Wales, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #667 among boys in Norway in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #244 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Usman appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 2,413 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1980.

Usman across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Usman's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#268 (1996)	#244 (2000)	#442 (2024)	29 of 29	2,413 (1996–2024)	118 (2000)
Norway · Boys	#667 (1980)	#289 (1989)	#441 (2003)	24 of 24	202 (1980–2003)	17 (1987)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#472 (2024)	#829 (2025)	8 of 17	31 (2009–2025)	7 (2024)

Usman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Usman in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	421	4 of 10	105
2000sbusiest	935	10 of 10	94
2010s	620	10 of 10	62
2020s	437	5 of 10	87

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 94 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 35, from 111 to 76.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Usman appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #244 in England and Wales in 2000.

Usman's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#442	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#439	90	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#461	88	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#461	89	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#488	79	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#634	56	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#646	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#644	55	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#546	71	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#544	67	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#504	74	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#542	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#537	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#574	59	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#505	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#390	96	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#416	85	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#411	81	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#395	76	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#283	111	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#285	106	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#304	89	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#267	104	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#244	118	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#259	112	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#263	106	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#285	97	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#268	106	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#503	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#578	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#580	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#401	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#515	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#616	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#386	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#408	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#363	13	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#289	17	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#414	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#292	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#487	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#456	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#426	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#430	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#517	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#618	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#667	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1980 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #244, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 118 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Usayd · #1595, 25y
Usmaan · #528, 29y
Uswa · #2163, 20y
Uthmaan · #1431, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vivien · #243, 47y
Norbert · #241, 45y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Gerry · #237, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cal · #244, 32y
Agne · #243, 22y
Denver · #243, 31y
Adelina · #247, 34y

Usman was ranked #244 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Usman and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Usman without appearing here.

Usman moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #741 and #637 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.
Scott Compare
In 2019 they stood at #634 and #575 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #488 and #766.
Timothy Compare
In 1988 they stood at #414 and #413 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #289 and #560.
Darren Compare
In 2012 they stood at #542 and #507 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #504 and #762.

Moved ahead of Usman

Lachlan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #544 and #558 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #656 and #363.
Cillian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #544 and #550 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #656 and #404.
Ludvig Compare
In 1992 they stood at #386 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #487 and #277.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #390 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #505 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Usman

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Usman

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Usman went from #268 to #442 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #244 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Usman

Usman at a glance

What stands out in Usman's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Usman across 3 official records

Usman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Usman appears in

Popularity data

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Usman at a glance

What stands out in Usman's record

Usman across 3 official records

Usman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Usman appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Usman

Usman and the names beside it

Usman moved ahead of

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