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Omar

Gender
Boy
Say it
OH-mar
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#169 for boys
US rank, 2025
#260 for boys

Omar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “flourishing, long-lived”. In 2025 it ranked 169th for boys in the UK (355 babies) and 260th for boys in the US (1,333 babies).

What does Omar mean?

Arabic: from Umar; also a minor biblical Hebrew name

“flourishing, long-lived”

Umar ibn al-Khattab was the second caliph of Islam; a different Omar appears in Genesis as a grandson of Esau.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Omar a girl's or a boy's name?

Omar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 355 boys in the UK and 1,333 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Omar in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#169among boys
Babies in 2025
355about 1 in 840 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
1.6%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 355 boys in the UK were named Omar, making it the 169th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 220th.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Omar of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Omar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 403 boys in the UK were given Omar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #161, up from #169 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 157th in England and Wales and 178th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 355 in 20252025
Omar in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025355#169
2024304#187
2023293#194
2022286#203
2021268#216
2020255#220
2019253#233
2018283#211
2017253#242
2016289#219
2015266#236
2014255#244
2013269#223
2012235#241
2011226#241
2010221#246
2009202#247
2008229#226
2007247#213
2006249#197
2005243#193
2004210#204
2003223#188
2002208#192
2001226#176
2000217#177
1999220#172
1998221#174
1997226#173
1996234#158

How popular is Omar in the US?

Rank in 2025
#260among boys
Babies in 2025
1,333about 1 in 1,300 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,333 boys in the US were named Omar, making it the 260th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 254th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 3,216 boys.

Half of all the boys named Omar in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,216 in 20072025
Omar in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,333#260
20241,345#260
20231,311#263
20221,453#243
20211,304#267
20201,386#254
20191,485#246
20181,583#241
20171,642#232
20161,735#223
20151,836#217
20141,808#214
20131,882#204
20121,921#199
20111,886#193
20102,167#175
20092,549#154
20082,864#144
20073,216#131
20063,105#131
20052,967#135
20042,725#148
20032,705#151
20022,622#151
20012,723#146
20002,688#146
19992,671#143
19982,452#146
19972,291#153
19962,518#140
19952,506#139
19942,419#146
19932,453#140
19922,306#144
19912,135#149
19901,978#158
19891,631#182
19881,426#192
19871,287#201
19861,313#194
19851,216#199
19841,271#193
19831,274#192
19821,385#183
19811,433#174
19801,445#170
19791,381#173
19781,293#181
19771,226#193
19761,137#198
1975892#229
1974809#249
1973786#249
1972645#287
1971535#345
1970552#345
1969448#368
1968316#432
1967247#480
1966200#539
1965150#621
1964139#658
1963116#726
1962109#733
1961115#715
196096#774
195991#800
195885#814
195777#852
195682#821
195567#905
195477#825
195370#857
195263#882
195163#880
195064#849
194964#855
194855#932
194748#1,035
194652#925
194548#927
194445#964
194343#1,018
194240#1,074
194148#918
194043#982
193938#1,033
193836#1,076
193751#858
193644#924
193560#798
193449#897
193362#775
193267#769
193147#959
193065#802
192963#815
192878#722
192779#733
192671#765
192590#670
192486#710
192381#725
192281#730
192196#658
192088#680
1919116#556
1918109#582
191780#668
191692#606
191570#698
191459#658
191352#611
191244#622
191121#689
191013#859
190914#756
190810#877
190715#664
190612#709
190516#592
19048#874
190315#576
19028#861
19018#778
190010#835
189917#457
189812#634
189719#438
189611#674
189522#414
189410#667
189314#509
189216#497
18915#962
189016#458
188911#581
188819#430
188710#583
188614#491
188515#480
18846#848
188313#497
188211#576
188111#533
188014#482

Names like Omar

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hunter Ali Spencer Cooper Jonah Carter Parker Hugo Caleb Levi Austin Abdul

Other spellings of Omar

Omer

Names related to Omar

Omari Oumar Omair Omarie Omri Omir Omarii Yomar

More Arabic names

Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Hamza Kairo

Every Arabic name

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, “Omar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omar, updated 20 October 2026.