Oumar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OO-mar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Oumar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “life, flourishing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Oumar mean?
Arabic: West African spelling of Umar
“life, flourishing”
Umar ibn al-Khattab was the second caliph of Islam.
Is Oumar a girl's or a boy's name?
Oumar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oumar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Oumar, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oumar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 234 boys in the UK were given Oumar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #236, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Oumar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Oumar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Oumar, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Oumar than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Oumar in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 218 boys in the US were given Oumar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #936, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.
- Umar 180
- Oumar 38
Oumar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Oumar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Zayd Abdullah Ahmed Zayaan Zayan Amir Mustafa Ammar Azaan
Other spellings of Oumar
Names related to Oumar
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Oumar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oumar, updated 20 October 2026.