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.
Where Omar is popular in 1891
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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 1891
Top boys' names in 1891
More about 1891
boys
101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 20,238 of them was named Omar, which outranked 14.6% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 164 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.