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

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Peak · boys
2007 · 3,216 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
106,438
since 1880

Omar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Omar has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #131, 2007boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2601,333
2024#2601,345
2023#2631,311
2022#2431,453
2021#2671,304
2020#2541,386
2019#2461,485
2018#2411,583
2017#2321,642
2016#2231,735
2015#16,4195#2171,836
2014#16,5135#2141,808
2013#2041,882
2012#1991,921
2011#1931,886
2010#16,9925#1752,167
2009#1542,549
2008#17,5045#1442,864
2007#13,9247#1313,216
2006#11,4179#1313,105
2005#1352,967
2004#9,89210#1482,725
2003#11,3258#1512,705
2002#13,5956#1512,622
2001#12,0567#1462,723
2000#10,7458#1462,688
1999#11,3857#1432,671
1998#1462,452
1997#12,0706#1532,291
1996#10,5677#1402,518
1995#5,22118#1392,506
1994#5,01619#1462,419
1993#6,62213#1402,453
1992#4,68621#1442,306
1991#5,94915#1492,135
1990#6,46513#1581,978
1989#5,54515#1821,631
1988#6,27712#1921,426
1987#5,07415#2011,287
1986#4,72416#1941,313
1985#7,5638#1991,216
1984#6,8109#1931,271
1983#5,45712#1921,274
1982#5,53412#1831,385
1981#4,53216#1741,433
1980#5,24513#1701,445
1979#4,42016#1731,381
1978#4,93113#1811,293
1977#4,06917#1931,226
1976#3,96316#1981,137
1975#3,95016#229892
1974#5,7769#249809
1973#4,58612#249786
1972#287645
1971#4,81011#345535
1970#7,0706#345552
1969#368448
1968#432316
1967#5,4577#480247
1966#539200
1965#621150
1964#658139
1963#726116
1962#733109
1961#716115
1960#77596
1959#80191
1958#81585
1957#85377
1956#82282
1955#90667
1954#82677
1953#85870
1952#88363
1951#88163
1950#85064
1949#85664
1948#93355
1947#1,03648
1946#92552
1945#92748
1944#96445
1943#1,01843
1942#4,6225#1,07440
1941#91848
1940#98243
1939#1,03338
1938#1,07636
1937#85851
1936#92444
1935#79860
1934#89749
1933#77562
1932#76967
1931#95947
1930#80265
1929#4,0536#81563
1928#72278
1927#73379
1926#76571
1925#67090
1924#71086
1923#72581
1922#73081
1921#65896
1920#68088
1919#556116
1918#582109
1917#66880
1916#60692
1915#69870
1914#65859
1913#61152
1912#62244
1911#68921
1910#85913
1909#75614
1908#87710
1907#66415
1906#70912
1905#59216
1904#8748
1903#57615
1902#8628
1901#7798
1900#83610
1899#45717
1898#63512
1897#43819
1896#67411
1895#41422
1894#66810
1893#50914
1892#49716
1891#9635
1890#45816
1889#58111
1888#43019
1887#58310
1886#49114
1885#48015
1884#8486
1883#49713
1882#57611
1881#53311
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2007 at #131 (3,216 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 141 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1948–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 645
  • Highest: 1 in 645 boys born in 2007 were named Omar (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,281 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Omar (28,164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s124#430 (1888)#550
1890s142#414 (1895)#571
1900s116#576 (1903)#753
1910s656#556 (1919)#655
1920s813#658 (1921)#721
1930s519#769 (1932)#889
1940s486#856 (1949)#963
1950s739#801 (1959)#850
1960s1,936#368 (1969)#605
1970s9,256#173 (1979)#245
1980s13,681#170 (1980)#188
1990s23,729#139 (1995)#146
2000s28,164#131 (2007)#144
2010s17,945#175 (2010)#214
2020s8,132#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 1990

girls
#6,465
13 births · 1 in 146,042 girls
boys
#158
1,978 births · 1 in 1,038 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #6,465Omar13

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #158Omar1,978
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 146,042 of them was named Omar, which outranked 57.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #6,131Zandria14
  2. #6,131Zayra14
  3. #6,131Zeina14
  4. #6,465Omar13
  5. #6,465Adelia13
  6. #6,465Adella13
  7. #6,465Adi13
  8. #6,867Aaliyah12
  9. #6,867Abriel12
  10. #6,867Aerielle12

Tied with 401 names at #6,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 1,038 of them was named Omar, which outranked 98.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #155Brendan1,996
  2. #156Hector1,991
  3. #157Javier1,983
  4. #158Omar1,978
  5. #159Todd1,976
  6. #160Drew1,954
  7. #161Sergio1,942
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990