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
#131
2007 · 3,216 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #131, 2007boys
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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.

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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 2002

girls
#13,595
6 births · 1 in 299,480 girls
boys
#151
2,622 births · 1 in 740 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #13,595Omar6

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #151Omar2,622
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 299,480 of them was named Omar, which outranked 24.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #12,187Zuleidy7
  2. #12,187Zury7
  3. #12,187Zyah7
  4. #13,595Omar6
  5. #13,595Aaishah6
  6. #13,595Aalana6
  7. #13,595Aalaysia6
  8. #15,432Aaja5
  9. #15,432Aajaylah5
  10. #15,432Aakira5

Tied with 1,836 names at #13,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 740 of them was named Omar, which outranked 98.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #148Collin2,656
  2. #149Bradley2,645
  3. #150Alan2,625
  4. #151Omar2,622
  5. #152Shawn2,618
  6. #153Caden2,601
  7. #154Josiah2,570
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 10,021Omarion#10,556 → #535
  2. ↑ 3,583Amarion#4,302 → #719
  3. ↑ 3,370Yahir#3,974 → #604
  4. ↑ 1,466Gael#2,185 → #719
  5. ↑ 1,287Lisandro#2,185 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 546Daunte#968 → #1,514
  2. ↓ 405Imanol#921 → #1,326
  3. ↓ 376Shemar#594 → #970
  4. ↓ 347Jade#958 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 311Jalon#873 → #1,184

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →