Ousmane
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 32 babies a year in the US.
Ousmane by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Ousmane. In the US, 32 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ousmane
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ousmane. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ousmane
Names that are said the same way as Ousmane, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Osmin12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ousmane
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