Osamu
Osamu is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Osamu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osamu is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Osamu
The earliest SSA record of Osamu as a baby boy name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 1925 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Osamu — #2,588 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Osamu on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Osamu last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 94 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Osamu
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Osamu Abe (baseball) ( 安部 理 ; born 1962) , Japanese baseball player and coach
- Osamu Abe (rower) ( 安部 収 ; born 1913) , Japanese rower
- Osamu Adachi ( 足立 理 ; born 1987) , Japanese actor
- Osamu Akimoto ( 秋本 治 ; born 1952) , Japanese manga artist
- Osamu Annen ( 安念 治 ; 1934–2021) , Japanese sumo wrestler
- Osamu Ashitomi ( 安次富 修 ; born 1956) , Japanese politician
- Osamu Dazai ( 太宰 治 ; 1909–1948) , Japanese author
- Osamu Dezaki ( 出﨑 統 ; 1943–2011) , Japanese anime director
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Names that sound like Osamu
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About the name Osamu
Osamu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 94 births in the dataset. Osamu's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #2,588. Use the chart and map above to compare Osamu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.