Omar
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #260 for boys in 2025, 1,333 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 3,216 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 106,438since 1880
Omar over time
Rank among boys' names. Omar has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #260 | 1,333 | |
| 2024 | — | #260 | 1,345 | |
| 2023 | — | #263 | 1,311 | |
| 2022 | — | #243 | 1,453 | |
| 2021 | — | #267 | 1,304 | |
| 2020 | — | #254 | 1,386 | |
| 2019 | — | #246 | 1,485 | |
| 2018 | — | #241 | 1,583 | |
| 2017 | — | #232 | 1,642 | |
| 2016 | — | #223 | 1,735 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #217 | 1,836 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #214 | 1,808 |
| 2013 | — | #204 | 1,882 | |
| 2012 | — | #199 | 1,921 | |
| 2011 | — | #193 | 1,886 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #175 | 2,167 |
| 2009 | — | #154 | 2,549 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #144 | 2,864 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #131 | 3,216 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #131 | 3,105 |
| 2005 | — | #135 | 2,967 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #148 | 2,725 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #151 | 2,705 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #151 | 2,622 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #146 | 2,723 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #146 | 2,688 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #143 | 2,671 |
| 1998 | — | #146 | 2,452 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #153 | 2,291 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #140 | 2,518 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #139 | 2,506 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #146 | 2,419 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #140 | 2,453 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #144 | 2,306 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #149 | 2,135 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #158 | 1,978 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #182 | 1,631 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #192 | 1,426 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #201 | 1,287 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #194 | 1,313 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #199 | 1,216 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #193 | 1,271 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #192 | 1,274 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #183 | 1,385 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #174 | 1,433 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #170 | 1,445 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #173 | 1,381 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #181 | 1,293 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #193 | 1,226 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #198 | 1,137 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #229 | 892 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #249 | 809 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #249 | 786 |
| 1972 | — | #287 | 645 | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #345 | 535 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #345 | 552 |
| 1969 | — | #368 | 448 | |
| 1968 | — | #432 | 316 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #480 | 247 |
| 1966 | — | #539 | 200 | |
| 1965 | — | #621 | 150 | |
| 1964 | — | #658 | 139 | |
| 1963 | — | #726 | 116 | |
| 1962 | — | #733 | 109 | |
| 1961 | — | #716 | 115 | |
| 1960 | — | #775 | 96 | |
| 1959 | — | #801 | 91 | |
| 1958 | — | #815 | 85 | |
| 1957 | — | #853 | 77 | |
| 1956 | — | #822 | 82 | |
| 1955 | — | #906 | 67 | |
| 1954 | — | #826 | 77 | |
| 1953 | — | #858 | 70 | |
| 1952 | — | #883 | 63 | |
| 1951 | — | #881 | 63 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #856 | 64 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,036 | 48 | |
| 1946 | — | #925 | 52 | |
| 1945 | — | #927 | 48 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,018 | 43 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1940 | — | #982 | 43 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1934 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1933 | — | #775 | 62 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #959 | 47 | |
| 1930 | — | #802 | 65 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #815 | 63 |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1926 | — | #765 | 71 | |
| 1925 | — | #670 | 90 | |
| 1924 | — | #710 | 86 | |
| 1923 | — | #725 | 81 | |
| 1922 | — | #730 | 81 | |
| 1921 | — | #658 | 96 | |
| 1920 | — | #680 | 88 | |
| 1919 | — | #556 | 116 | |
| 1918 | — | #582 | 109 | |
| 1917 | — | #668 | 80 | |
| 1916 | — | #606 | 92 | |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #658 | 59 | |
| 1913 | — | #611 | 52 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #430 | 19 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Omar was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Omar
- Held #260 since 2024
- 6 spots since 2020 (#254 → #260)
- 43 spots since 2015 (#217 → #260)
- Biggest jump: 466 spots in 1892 (#963 → #497)
- Biggest drop: 505 spots in 1891 (#458 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2007 at #131 (3,216 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1948–2025
- Highest: 1 in 645 boys born in 2007 were named Omar (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,281 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 26.5% of all boys named Omar (28,164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 124 | #430 (1888) | #550 |
| 1890s | 142 | #414 (1895) | #571 |
| 1900s | 116 | #576 (1903) | #753 |
| 1910s | 656 | #556 (1919) | #655 |
| 1920s | 813 | #658 (1921) | #721 |
| 1930s | 519 | #769 (1932) | #889 |
| 1940s | 486 | #856 (1949) | #963 |
| 1950s | 739 | #801 (1959) | #850 |
| 1960s | 1,936 | #368 (1969) | #605 |
| 1970s | 9,256 | #173 (1979) | #245 |
| 1980s | 13,681 | #170 (1980) | #188 |
| 1990s | 23,729 | #139 (1995) | #146 |
| 2000s | 28,164 | #131 (2007) | #144 |
| 2010s | 17,945 | #175 (2010) | #214 |
| 2020s | 8,132 | #243 (2022) | #258 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Omar in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 186,094 of them was named Omar, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,682Zenia7
- #3,682Zenith7
- #3,682Zenora7
- #4,053Omar6
- #4,053Aaron6
- #4,053Ader6
- #4,053Adina6
- #4,570Adabelle5
- #4,570Adelyne5
- #4,570Adonna5
Tied with 516 names at #4,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 17,073 of them was named Omar, which outranked 82.1% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).