Usama is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “lion.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Usama belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “lion” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Usama first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3368 in 1999, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 176 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Usama means “lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Usama is a boy name.
Usama comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Usama first appears in US records in 1977. Its best-ever ranking was #3368 in 1999, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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