Qamar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-mar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,719 for girls
Qamar is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).
What does Qamar mean?
Arabic
“moon”
Al-Qamar, 'The Moon', is the title of the 54th surah of the Quran.
Is Qamar a girl's or a boy's name?
Qamar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 63 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Qamar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 255% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Qamar, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Qamar of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Qamar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Qamar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
How popular is Qamar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,719among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Qamar, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. It first appears in the records in 2005. 6 boys were also named Qamar in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Qamar of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Qamar in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91% of the babies named Qamar in the US were girls.
Qamar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,719 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Qamar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Nusaybah Ayah Rahma Abeeha Safaa Hiba Rehmat Ruqayyah Fajar
Names related to Qamar
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Qamar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qamar, updated 20 October 2026.