Oussama
Osama, also spelt Osamah, Oussama, Usama, and other variants, is an Arabic masculine given name.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Oussama
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osama, also spelt Osamah, Oussama, Usama, and other variants, is an Arabic masculine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Oussama
The earliest SSA record of Oussama as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Oussama — #8,110 in the national rankings. Oussama last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Oussama
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Oussama. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Oussama
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About the name Oussama
Oussama is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Oussama's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #8,110. Use the chart and map above to compare Oussama'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 .
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