Omar

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning long-lived or eloquent.

Baby Names Arena rank
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Win rate
45%
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US popularity
#260
unchanged on last year
UK popularity
#157
332 babies · up from #175

How Omar has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#194#242#290201520202025#260

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YearUS rank
2015#217
2016#223
2017#232
2018#241
2019#246
2020#254
2021#267
2022#241
2023#263
2024#260
2025#260

Omar by the numbers

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.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 3,214 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 720 American boys born that year was called Omar.

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Omar as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Omar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Omarilong-lived; from umr577 in the US (2017)
  • Omersheaf of grain; biblical measure48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Osmarfamous god; form of Osmer61 in the US (2017)
  • Oumarlong-lived or life; form of Umar5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Omirlong-lived or eloquent21 in the US (2017)
  • Omkarom sound; sacred syllable11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Omar

Names that are said the same way as Omar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Omairlong-lived; a form of umar9 in the US (2017)
  • Omarrlong-lived; a form of Omar6 in the US (2017)
  • Omere25 in the US (2017)
  • Omeir6 in the US (2017)

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