Uthman is a distinctive choice, ranked #1025 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Uthman in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1025
About the Name Uthman
Uthman is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 86 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #784 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Uthman is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Uthman
Unlikely. With around 29 UK babies named Uthman per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Uthman in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Uthman is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 86 places over the last five years to #1025 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Uthman is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Uthman include: Uthman ibn Farooq — Abu Yusuf Uthman Ibn Farooq Khan Yusufzai is an American Islamic scholar and Da'ee.; Uthman Taha — Uthman ibn Abduh ibn Husayn ibn Taha al-Halyabi (or Uthman Taha, Arabic: عثمان طه) is a Kazakh-Syrian-Saudi calligrapher of the Quran in the Arabic language....
Uthman does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Uthmans in the wild.
29
UK babies named Uthman (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Uthman
Likely around 1 other Uthman in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Uthman
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Uthman ibn Abduh ibn Husayn ibn Taha al-Halyabi (or Uthman Taha, Arabic: عثمان طه) is a Kazakh-Syrian-Saudi calligrapher of the Quran in the Arabic language renowned for hand-writing Mushaf al-Madinah issued by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an. He was born in 1934 in Sandi, Çobanbey a rural area of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c. 573 or 576 – 17 June 656) was the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656.
Abdullah ibn Uthman (Arabic: عبد الله ابن عثمان, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUthmān; c. 620 – November 625), was the son of the third caliph Uthman (r.
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (Arabic: أَبُو سَعِيد أَبَان بْنُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان الأُمَوِيّ, romanized: Abū Saʿīd Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān al-Umawī; died 105 AH/723 CE) was a Muslim historian and traditionalist. He also served a seven-year stint as governor of Medina in 695–702, during the reign of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r.
Shams ibn Uthman (Arabic: شمس بن عثمان; died 625 CE) was an early companion (sahabi) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was among the first converts to Islam from the Quraysh tribe and participated in both the first migration to Abyssinia and the Hijra to Medina.
Sheikh ‘Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Al-Naqshbandi (Arabic: الشيخ عثمان الطويلي النقشبندي; Turkish: Osman Sirâceddîn Nakşibendi) known as Uthman Siraj-ud-Din at-Tavili or Uthman Siraj-ud-Din al-Awal was an 18th-century sufi, saint and Islamic scholar.