Amaar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-MAAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Amaar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “long-lived, prosperous”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Amaar mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ammar
“long-lived, prosperous”
Ammar ibn Yasir was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad; his mother Sumayya is honoured as Islam's first martyr.
Is Amaar a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Amaar, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amaar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Amaar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
How popular is Amaar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Amaar, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Amaar than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Amaar in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amaar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Amaar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Hamza, Arham, Amir, Umar, Musa, Zayan, Azaan, Zayaan, Zayd
Names related to Amaar
Amari, Amar, Ammar, Ammaar, Amare, Amarii, Amaru, Amauri, Amaree
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amaar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaar, updated 20 October 2026.