Onkar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OHN-kar
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Onkar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the sacred syllable Om”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Onkar mean?
Sanskrit: Punjabi form of Omkar, the sacred syllable Om
“the sacred syllable Om”
Ik Onkar, 'One Creator', is the opening of the Guru Granth Sahib and a central Sikh symbol.
Is Onkar a girl's or a boy's name?
Onkar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Onkar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Onkar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Onkar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Onkar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Onkar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avyaan, Ronan, Shivansh, Ravi, Aviraj, Nirvair, Rudransh, Kartar, Omar, Viraj, Manraj, Harshiv
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Onkar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/onkar, updated 20 October 2026.