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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #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.

Where Omar is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #497 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 18,271 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedHITexas: #619 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,906 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Omar, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#497 · 1 in 18,271
  2. Texas#619 · 1 in 8,906

Best ever in a state: #62 in Nevada, 1999.

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Pennsylvania#49761 in 18,271
Texas#619111 in 8,906
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1948

boys
#933
55 births · 1 in 31,902 boys

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #933Omar55
More about 1948

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 31,902 of them was named Omar, which outranked 77.8% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omar
  1. #923Milan56
  2. #923Rolando56
  3. #923Susan56
  4. #933Omar55
  5. #933Arlin55
  6. #933Chad55
  7. #933Garnett55
  8. #945Arvin54
  9. #945Beverly54
  10. #945Geary54

Tied with 11 names at #933; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

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

See the top 100 for 1948 →