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Omer

Gender
Boy
Say it
OH-mer
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#780 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,091 for boys

Omer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “flourishing, long-lived”. In 2025 it ranked 780th for boys in the UK (48 babies) and 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).

What does Omer mean?

Arabic: Turkish and Urdu spelling of Omar; also a separate Hebrew name

“flourishing, long-lived”

As a Hebrew name Omer means sheaf of grain, recalling the Counting of the Omer between Passover and Shavuot.

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

Omer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the UK and 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Omer in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#780among boys
Babies in 2025
48about 1 in 6,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 48 boys in the UK were named Omer, making it the 780th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 737th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 70 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Omer than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Omer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. 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 Omer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #161, up from #780 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 728th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 70 in 20172025
Omer in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202548#780
202466#634
202352#730
202253#715
202152#743
202050#737
201950#736
201864#627
201770#608
201660#660
201556#678
201434#948
201337#888
201243#815
201140#833
201036#883
200936#864
200831#947
200726#1,031
200612#1,640
200527#917
200425#921
200321#975
200220#951
200113#1,209
200013#1,165
199913#1,142
199812#1,180
199714#1,066
199618#852

How popular is Omer in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,091among boys
Babies in 2025
70about 1 in 24,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Omer, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 234 boys.

Half of all the boys named Omer in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,403 boys in the US were given Omer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #269, up from #2,091 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 234 in 19182025
Omer in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202570#2,091
202473#2,057
202364#2,220
202272#2,082
202154#2,463
202071#1,996
201980#1,868
201892#1,707
201774#1,935
201682#1,828
201575#1,931
201470#2,016
201385#1,724
201259#2,208
201160#2,172
201072#1,939
200954#2,380
200870#2,000
200754#2,372
200674#1,840
200559#2,077
200464#1,907
200357#2,002
200262#1,829
200155#1,956
200055#1,891
199948#1,992
199866#1,582
199753#1,787
199649#1,838
199544#1,909
199447#1,817
199339#2,045
199235#2,169
199131#2,289
199029#2,368
198929#2,286
198828#2,192
198736#1,791
198623#2,358
198523#2,292
198431#1,795
198327#1,954
198224#2,165
198123#2,203
198032#1,765
197925#2,048
197822#2,134
197718#2,458
197617#2,507
197519#2,287
197423#1,934
197320#2,035
197219#2,080
197120#2,051
197014#2,508
196919#1,913
196820#1,787
196714#2,138
196625#1,539
196513#2,269
196426#1,544
196321#1,743
196226#1,545
196137#1,302
196031#1,433
195932#1,386
195838#1,252
195731#1,410
195638#1,231
195529#1,418
195445#1,111
195342#1,138
195240#1,165
195139#1,149
195049#988
194945#1,046
194849#1,000
194771#821
194649#952
194554#850
194453#870
194372#768
194273#748
194184#665
194070#729
193974#691
193879#680
193776#687
193676#679
193592#605
193493#615
193399#582
1932122#528
1931117#539
1930136#511
1929143#490
1928144#504
1927157#483
1926165#469
1925173#458
1924181#455
1923190#442
1922226#402
1921217#412
1920190#437
1919199#414
1918234#391
1917171#433
1916176#425
1915189#390
1914146#393
1913110#412
191289#412
191130#548
191038#447
190924#530
190839#365
190735#381
190623#465
190518#549
190420#482
190322#430
190231#355
190121#407
190021#518
189924#376
189834#329
189722#404
189638#301
189526#368
189424#376
189331#312
189223#394
189138#260
189034#294
188927#338
188829#343
188722#352
188636#283
188518#422
188432#306
188323#346
188230#313
188124#332
188029#314

Names like Omer

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

Jasper Casper Otto Chester Arthur Oscar Ollie Otis Oliver Rupert Henry Leo

Other spellings of Omer

Omar

Names related to Omer

Omri Omir Omere Omero

More Arabic names

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

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