Omar
Omar is ranked 260th among boys in 2024 (1,343 births). Its best rank was 131st, in 2006–2007.
- Rank in 2024
- #260up 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,3430.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 20073,216 births
- Best rank
- #131first in 2006
- Since 1880
- 105,100people given the name
The story in the numbers
105,100 boys have been named Omar in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 3,216 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 214 → 260).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 139 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Omar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 124 | |
| 1890s | 142 | |
| 1900s | 116 | |
| 1910s | 656 | |
| 1920s | 813 | |
| 1930s | 519 | |
| 1940s | 486 | |
| 1950s | 739 | |
| 1960s | 1,936 | |
| 1970s | 9,257 | |
| 1980s | 13,682 | |
| 1990s | 23,729 | |
| 2000s | 28,162 | |
| 2010s | 17,942 | |
| 2020s | 6,797 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Omar was the 131st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Omar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marcospeak 2001
- Erickpeak 2007
- Cesarpeak 2004
- Mathieupeak 2000
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Alejandropeak 2001
- Germanpeak 1991
- Marcopeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.