Omkar
Boy · OHM-kar · Sanskrit
Omkar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the sacred syllable Om”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Omkar mean?
Sanskrit: from Omkara
“the sacred syllable Om”
Omkareshwar, a temple on an island in the Narmada river, is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.
- Say it
- OHM-kar
Is Omkar a girl's or a boy's name?
Omkar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Omkar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.
Omkar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Omkar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Omkar, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Omkar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Omkar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
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