# Ammar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ammar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,083 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,083 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,203, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 1,969 |
| 2012 | 93 | 1,657 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,483 |
| 2014 | 120 | 1,402 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,307 |
| 2016 | 130 | 1,366 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,455 |
| 2018 | 97 | 1,657 |
| 2019 | 120 | 1,450 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,621 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,723 |
| 2022 | 118 | 1,523 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,577 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,510 |
| 2025 | 161 | 1,241 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 41 | 771 |
| 2014 | 52 | 650 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 43 | 765 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 54 | 640 |
| 2021 | 43 | 771 |
| 2022 | 41 | 784 |
| 2023 | 64 | 579 |
| 2024 | 60 | 630 |
| 2025 | 63 | 606 |

## People named Ammar

- Ammar ibn Yasir, Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (died 657)
- Ammar Hamdy, Egyptian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.