Omar Boy
How popular is Omar?
#260 boy name in 2025
1,333 baby boys were named Omar in the US in 2025, making it the 260th most popular boy name.
Omar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #260 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,333 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #217 in 2015, #254 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (3,216 boys) |
| Highest rank | #131 in 2006 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Omar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Omar family of names ranked #253 for boys in 2025, with 1,437 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Omar | 1,333 | 93% |
| Omer | 70 | 5% |
| Omir | 21 | 1% |
| Omere | 5 | 0% |
| Omair | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Omar is most popular
Babies named Omar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.5 per 1,000 (48 boys)
- Michigan: 1.3 per 1,000 (275 boys)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,213 boys)
- Illinois: 1.3 per 1,000 (325 boys)
- Arizona: 1.3 per 1,000 (206 boys)
Omar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 124 | #430 |
| 1890s | 142 | #414 |
| 1900s | 116 | #576 |
| 1910s | 656 | #556 |
| 1920s | 813 | #658 |
| 1930s | 519 | #769 |
| 1940s | 486 | #855 |
| 1950s | 739 | #800 |
| 1960s | 1,936 | #368 |
| 1970s | 9,256 | #173 |
| 1980s | 13,681 | #170 |
| 1990s | 23,729 | #139 |
| 2000s | 28,164 | #131 |
| 2010s | 17,945 | #175 |
| 2020s | 8,132 | #243 |
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Questions
- Is Omar a boy or girl name?
- Omar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Omar were boys.
- How popular is the name Omar?
- 1,333 baby boys were named Omar in the US in 2025, making it the 260th most popular boy name.
- When was Omar most popular?
- Omar peaked in 2007, when 3,216 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #131, held for 2 years starting in 2006.
- How many people are named Omar?
- 106,894 babies have been named Omar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 101,001 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Omar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Omar was most common in New Mexico, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.