# Omar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/omar/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈoʊmɑɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 106,894 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106,438 / 456 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,155, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 18 | 5,381 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,458 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,284 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,319 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,512 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,122 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,929 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,111 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,497 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,172 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,073 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,722 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,118 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,542 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,448 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,886 | 193 |
| 2012 | 1,921 | 199 |
| 2013 | 1,882 | 204 |
| 2014 | 1,808 | 214 |
| 2015 | 1,836 | 217 |
| 2016 | 1,735 | 223 |
| 2017 | 1,642 | 232 |
| 2018 | 1,583 | 241 |
| 2019 | 1,485 | 246 |
| 2020 | 1,386 | 254 |
| 2021 | 1,304 | 267 |
| 2022 | 1,453 | 243 |
| 2023 | 1,311 | 263 |
| 2024 | 1,345 | 260 |
| 2025 | 1,333 | 260 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 220 | 222 |
| 2012 | 227 | 226 |
| 2013 | 258 | 209 |
| 2014 | 246 | 229 |
| 2015 | 260 | 217 |
| 2016 | 275 | 203 |
| 2017 | 243 | 219 |
| 2018 | 271 | 194 |
| 2019 | 236 | 216 |
| 2020 | 244 | 208 |
| 2021 | 250 | 212 |
| 2022 | 271 | 191 |
| 2023 | 285 | 182 |
| 2024 | 290 | 175 |
| 2025 | 332 | 157 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: عُمَر
- Chinese: 奧馬爾 /奥马尔, 吾買爾 /吾买尔
- Portuguese: Omar
- Spanish: Omar
- Turkish: Ömer

## People named Omar

- Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (1932–2015)
- Omar Bongo, Gabonese politician (1935–2009)
- Omar Sy, French actor and comedian (born 1978)
- Omar M. Yaghi, American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)
- Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer (born 1999)
- Omar Epps, American actor and musician
- Omar Gooding, American actor (born 1976)
- Omar Suleiman, Egyptian head of intelligence and vice president (1936–2012)
- Omar Larrosa, Argentine footballer
- Omar Gaber, Egyptian association football player
- Omar Benson Miller, American actor
- Omar Gonzalez, American soccer 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.