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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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 1997

girls
#12,070
6 births · 1 in 290,118 girls
boys
#153
2,291 births · 1 in 823 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #12,070Omar6

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #153Omar2,291
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 290,118 of them was named Omar, which outranked 25.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #10,836Zikeya7
  2. #10,836Zoraya7
  3. #10,836Zuly7
  4. #12,070Omar6
  5. #12,070Aalexis6
  6. #12,070Aalexus6
  7. #12,070Aalia6
  8. #13,724Aalaiyah5
  9. #13,724Aalyssa5
  10. #13,724Aasia5

Tied with 1,653 names at #12,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 823 of them was named Omar, which outranked 98.6% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #150Parker2,298
  2. #151Bailey2,296
  3. #152Mario2,295
  4. #153Omar2,291
  5. #153Javier2,291
  6. #155Martin2,230
  7. #156Levi2,225
  8. #157Andres2,202

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997