Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Osama

#4,869 most common boys' name of all time · #12,037 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among boys
#4,869
Rank overall
#12,037 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
979
Since 2016
127
Peak year
1999 #1,647
Best rank
#1,647 1999
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
198020002020

Osama first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,260
2024 — 12 12 #6,930
2023 — 18 18 #5,311
2022 — 9 9 #8,467
2021 — 12 12 #6,795
2020 — 8 8 #8,910
2019 — 15 15 #5,887
2018 — 8 8 #8,983
2017 — 13 13 #6,426
2016 — 14 14 #6,140
2015 — 14 14 #6,083
2014 — 9 9 #8,285
2013 — 11 11 #7,155
2012 — 6 6 #11,084
2011 — 6 6 #11,136
2009 — 5 5 #12,879
2007 — 7 7 #10,039
2006 — 6 6 #10,977
2004 — 5 5 #11,754
2003 — 11 11 #6,390
2002 — 11 11 #6,233
2001 — 38 38 #2,534
2000 — 54 54 #1,935
1999 — 65 65 #1,647
1998 — 47 47 #2,027
1997 — 44 44 #2,046
1996 — 48 48 #1,897
1995 — 38 38 #2,165
1994 — 36 36 #2,241
1993 — 34 34 #2,281
1992 — 36 36 #2,162
1991 — 43 43 #1,852
1990 — 28 28 #2,470
1989 — 23 23 #2,743
1988 — 26 26 #2,346
1987 — 14 14 #3,454
1986 — 16 16 #3,087
1985 — 32 32 #1,861
1984 — 18 18 #2,675
1983 — 13 13 #3,357
1982 — 13 13 #3,414
1981 — 12 12 #3,541
1980 — 14 14 #3,217
1979 — 10 10 #3,977
1978 — 17 17 #2,651
1977 — 8 8 #4,435
1976 — 6 6 #5,335
1975 — 5 5 #5,943
1974 — 5 5 #5,688
1973 — 6 6 #4,920
1972 — 6 6 #4,855
1968 — 6 6 #4,120