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Omar

Pronounced /ˈoʊmɑɹ/

Rank in 2024
#260
Born in 2024
1,343
Peak year
2007 · #131
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,343 boys were named Omar, about 1 in every 1,277.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 3,216 babies, ranked #131.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 105,100 boys have been named Omar since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Omar per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 1.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.9
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,434 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 927 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,533 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,063 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Millennials: 28,552 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Gen Z: 41,550 babies, 1.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,765 babies, 0.86 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.

  • A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
/ˈoʊmɑɹ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Omar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Amir

    Rank
    #95
    Born '24
    3,625
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Emir

    Rank
    #558
    Born '24
    530
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Umar

    Rank
    #1,161
    Born '24
    179
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Amar

    Rank
    #1,242
    Born '24
    160
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Ammar

    Rank
    #1,511
    Born '24
    118
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20152024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Omer

    Rank
    #2,098
    Born '24
    71
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19182024