Umair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-MAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Umair is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “long-lived”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Umair mean?
Arabic: diminutive of Umar or Amr, from a root meaning life
“long-lived”
Borne by several companions of the Prophet Muhammad, among them Umayr ibn Wahb.
Is Umair a girl's or a boy's name?
Umair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umair in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Umair, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Umair in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Umair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,068 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 38 | #874 |
| 2013 | 42 | #823 |
| 2012 | 43 | #815 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | 50 | #701 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 40 | #738 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 55 | #525 |
| 2003 | 53 | #508 |
| 2002 | 55 | #450 |
| 2001 | 46 | #498 |
| 2000 | 32 | #636 |
| 1999 | 43 | #522 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 30 | #625 |
| 1996 | 28 | #629 |
How popular is Umair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Umair, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Umair in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Umair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Umair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Umar, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Uzair, Musa, Zayd, Fahad, Mustafa, Abdur, Zayaan
Names related to Umair
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Umair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umair, updated 20 October 2026.