Ammar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- am-MAAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #630 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,241 for boys
Ammar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “long-lived, prosperous”. In 2025 it ranked 630th for boys in the UK (66 babies) and 1,241st for boys in the US (161 babies).
What does Ammar mean?
Arabic
“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 Ammar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ammar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the UK and 161 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ammar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 630th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the UK were named Ammar, making it the 630th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 69 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ammar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 606th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Ammar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #630 |
| 2024 | 60 | #678 |
| 2023 | 69 | #597 |
| 2022 | 43 | #813 |
| 2021 | 45 | #805 |
| 2020 | 55 | #691 |
| 2019 | 42 | #815 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 44 | #829 |
| 2016 | 44 | #806 |
| 2015 | 46 | #776 |
| 2014 | 54 | #683 |
| 2013 | 43 | #811 |
| 2012 | 40 | #852 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 44 | #761 |
| 2009 | 46 | #725 |
| 2008 | 53 | #657 |
| 2007 | 37 | #812 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 35 | #778 |
| 2004 | 40 | #665 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 31 | #692 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 30 | #665 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Ammar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,241st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 161 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 161 boys in the US were named Ammar, making it the 1,241st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Ammar of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Ammar in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 boys in the US were given Ammar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,103, up from #1,241 for this spelling alone.
- Ammar 161
- Amarr 5
Ammar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,241 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,510 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,576 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,523 |
| 2021 | 94 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,621 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,450 |
| 2018 | 97 | #1,657 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 130 | #1,366 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,483 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,967 |
| 2010 | 84 | #1,767 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,741 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,728 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 68 | #1,695 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
Names like Ammar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Umar, Ahmed, Abdullah, Amir, Hamza, Musa, Zayd, Mustafa, Azaan, Zayaan, Abdulrahman
Names related to Ammar
Amari, Amar, Amaar, Ammaar, Amare, Amaru, Aimar, Amaro, Amair
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, “Ammar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ammar, updated 20 October 2026.