Omar
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning long-lived or eloquent.
Babies a year
332
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#260
unchanged on last year
UK popularity
#157
332 babies · up from #175
How Omar has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #217 |
| 2016 | #223 |
| 2017 | #232 |
| 2018 | #241 |
| 2019 | #246 |
| 2020 | #254 |
| 2021 | #267 |
| 2022 | #241 |
| 2023 | #263 |
| 2024 | #260 |
| 2025 | #260 |
In 2025, 332 babies in England and Wales were named Omar. In the US, 1,639 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 3,214 in 2007.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Omar was most common in 2005, when it went to 0.14% of American babies of that sex.
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