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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

girls
#10,567
7 births · 1 in 250,430 girls
boys
#140
2,518 births · 1 in 752 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #10,567Omar7

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #140Omar2,518
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 250,430 of them was named Omar, which outranked 33.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #9,581Zoraya8
  2. #9,581Zoua8
  3. #9,581Zykia8
  4. #10,567Omar7
  5. #10,567Aaliyha7
  6. #10,567Aarianna7
  7. #10,567Aarionna7
  8. #11,807Aalayah6
  9. #11,807Aamna6
  10. #11,807Aarthi6

Tied with 1,239 names at #10,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 752 of them was named Omar, which outranked 98.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #137Wesley2,616
  2. #138Johnathan2,564
  3. #139Henry2,556
  4. #140Omar2,518
  5. #141Xavier2,507
  6. #142Casey2,464
  7. #143Alan2,447
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996