# Umar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/umar/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,205 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,205 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,146, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Omar. See also Umari.

## 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 | 76 | 1,862 |
| 2012 | 75 | 1,922 |
| 2013 | 94 | 1,634 |
| 2014 | 96 | 1,626 |
| 2015 | 118 | 1,443 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,466 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 134 | 1,347 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,532 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,608 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,395 |
| 2022 | 158 | 1,249 |
| 2023 | 152 | 1,270 |
| 2024 | 179 | 1,169 |
| 2025 | 180 | 1,164 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 259 |
| 2012 | 168 | 279 |
| 2013 | 179 | 268 |
| 2014 | 212 | 251 |
| 2015 | 204 | 252 |
| 2016 | 207 | 254 |
| 2017 | 184 | 281 |
| 2018 | 165 | 295 |
| 2019 | 175 | 279 |
| 2020 | 173 | 274 |
| 2021 | 188 | 249 |
| 2022 | 147 | 305 |
| 2023 | 178 | 258 |
| 2024 | 206 | 239 |
| 2025 | 214 | 234 |

## People named Umar

- Umar ibn Al-Khattāb, 2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
- Umar Wirahadikusumah, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (1983–1988)
- Umar ibn Hafsun, Al-Andalusian rebel political and military leader (c. 850 – 917)
- Umar al-Aqta, 9th-century ruler of the Arab emirate of Malatya
- Umar ibn Sa'd, Arab governor
- Umar al-Tilmisani, 3rd General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (1904–1986)
- Umar ibn Hubayra, 8th C. Umayyad general and governor of Iraq
- Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Libya (1939-2001)
- Al-Muzaffar Umar, Ayyubid emir of Hama 1179-1191
- Al-Mansur Umar, 13th-century Rasulid Sultan of Yemen
- Umar Makram, Egyptian politician (1750-1822)
- Abu Hafs, Andalusi conqueror of Crete (died 855)

## 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.