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How popular is the name Osman?

Births per year, rank history and how many Osmans are alive today.

Osman (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 474th in 2025 with 82 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 91 babies were given the name, the 452nd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 514 in 2024 before climbing back to the 474th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.

The Osman you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Osmans born in England and Wales are between 5 and 25, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Osman - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Osman.

How many babies are named Osman each year?

0255075200020201996: 341997: 191998: 251999: 292000: 152001: 232002: 172003: 262004: 262005: 292006: 202007: 332008: 402009: 312010: 402011: 332012: 432013: 332014: 342015: 322016: 472017: 342018: 502019: 552020: 712021: 912022: 912023: 852024: 762025: 82actual

Where does Osman rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 5201997: ranked 8091998: ranked 6691999: ranked 6032000: ranked 1,0022001: ranked 7512002: ranked 9932003: ranked 7952004: ranked 8152005: ranked 8072006: ranked 1,0842007: ranked 7992008: ranked 7282009: ranked 8842010: ranked 7442011: ranked 8782012: ranked 7542013: ranked 8822014: ranked 8662015: ranked 9272016: ranked 7262017: ranked 9062018: ranked 6902019: ranked 6422020: ranked 5292021: ranked 4522022: ranked 4442023: ranked 4722024: ranked 5142025: ranked 474

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Osman per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 91 in 2021
Osman: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Osman most popular?

Osman peaked in 2021, when 91 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Osman?

At least 1,400 people named Osman born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Osman?

Most living Osmans are between 5 and 25; the most common age is about 4.

Is Osman becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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