Omar is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Omar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #260 for boy births in the United States (and #501 across all names), given to 1,333 babies — 1,338 including U.S. territories. Omar first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2007 (3,216 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,333 | 1,338 | — | #260 |
| 2024 | 1,345 | 1,352 | — | #260 |
| 2023 | 1,311 | 1,317 | — | #263 |
| 2022 | 1,453 | 1,458 | — | #243 |
| 2021 | 1,304 | 1,313 | — | #267 |
| 2020 | 1,386 | 1,394 | — | #254 |
| 2019 | 1,485 | 1,485 | — | #246 |
| 2018 | 1,583 | 1,592 | — | #241 |
| 2017 | 1,642 | 1,655 | — | #232 |
| 2016 | 1,735 | 1,752 | — | #223 |
| 2015 | 1,841 | 1,866 | #18,448 | #217 |
| 2014 | 1,813 | 1,834 | #18,542 | #214 |
| 2013 | 1,882 | 1,919 | — | #204 |
| 2012 | 1,921 | 1,959 | — | #199 |
| 2011 | 1,886 | 1,918 | — | #193 |
| 2010 | 2,172 | 2,214 | #19,118 | #175 |
| 2009 | 2,549 | 2,601 | — | #154 |
| 2008 | 2,869 | 2,913 | #19,722 | #144 |
| 2007 | 3,223 | 3,271 | #15,073 | #132 |
| 2006 | 3,114 | 3,176 | #12,172 | #131 |
| 2005 | 2,967 | 3,043 | — | #135 |
| 2004 | 2,735 | 2,810 | #10,497 | #148 |
| 2003 | 2,713 | 2,788 | #12,111 | #151 |
| 2002 | 2,628 | 2,716 | #14,929 | #151 |
| 2001 | 2,730 | 2,805 | #13,122 | #146 |
| 2000 | 2,696 | 2,814 | #11,512 | #146 |
| 1999 | 2,678 | 2,787 | #12,319 | #143 |
| 1998 | 2,452 | 2,571 | — | #146 |
| 1997 | 2,297 | — | #13,284 | #154 |
| 1996 | 2,525 | — | #11,458 | #140 |
| 1995 | 2,524 | — | #5,381 | #139 |
| 1994 | 2,438 | — | #5,180 | #146 |
| 1993 | 2,466 | — | #6,934 | #140 |
| 1992 | 2,327 | — | #4,809 | #144 |
| 1991 | 2,150 | — | #6,170 | #149 |
| 1990 | 1,991 | — | #6,751 | #158 |
| 1989 | 1,646 | — | #5,762 | #182 |
| 1988 | 1,438 | — | #6,559 | #192 |
| 1987 | 1,302 | — | #5,246 | #201 |
| 1986 | 1,329 | — | #4,894 | #194 |
| 1985 | 1,224 | — | #8,088 | #199 |
| 1984 | 1,280 | — | #7,233 | #193 |
| 1983 | 1,286 | — | #5,711 | #192 |
| 1982 | 1,397 | — | #5,796 | #183 |
| 1981 | 1,449 | — | #4,669 | #174 |
| 1980 | 1,458 | — | #5,450 | #170 |
| 1979 | 1,397 | — | #4,552 | #173 |
| 1978 | 1,306 | — | #5,124 | #181 |
| 1977 | 1,243 | — | #4,186 | #193 |
| 1976 | 1,153 | — | #4,099 | #198 |
| 1975 | 908 | — | #4,078 | #229 |
| 1974 | 818 | — | #6,095 | #249 |
| 1973 | 798 | — | #4,764 | #250 |
| 1972 | 645 | — | — | #288 |
| 1971 | 546 | — | #5,027 | #345 |
| 1970 | 558 | — | #7,708 | #345 |
| 1969 | 448 | — | — | #370 |
| 1968 | 316 | — | — | #432 |
| 1967 | 254 | — | #5,878 | #480 |
| 1966 | 200 | — | — | #541 |
| 1965 | 150 | — | — | #621 |
| 1964 | 139 | — | — | #659 |
| 1963 | 116 | — | — | #729 |
| 1962 | 109 | — | — | #737 |
| 1961 | 115 | — | — | #717 |
| 1960 | 96 | — | — | #780 |
| 1959 | 91 | — | — | #805 |
| 1958 | 85 | — | — | #818 |
| 1957 | 77 | — | — | #859 |
| 1956 | 82 | — | — | #828 |
| 1955 | 67 | — | — | #914 |
| 1954 | 77 | — | — | #828 |
| 1953 | 70 | — | — | #861 |
| 1952 | 63 | — | — | #893 |
| 1951 | 63 | — | — | #890 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | — | #862 |
| 1949 | 64 | — | — | #862 |
| 1948 | 55 | — | — | #942 |
| 1947 | 48 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1946 | 52 | — | — | #930 |
| 1945 | 48 | — | — | #937 |
| 1944 | 45 | — | — | #970 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1942 | 45 | — | #5,182 | #1,084 |
| 1941 | 48 | — | — | #924 |
| 1940 | 43 | — | — | #990 |
| 1939 | 38 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1938 | 36 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | — | #864 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | — | #937 |
| 1935 | 60 | — | — | #802 |
| 1934 | 49 | — | — | #907 |
| 1933 | 62 | — | — | #779 |
| 1932 | 67 | — | — | #777 |
| 1931 | 47 | — | — | #970 |
| 1930 | 65 | — | — | #807 |
| 1929 | 69 | — | #4,452 | #824 |
| 1928 | 78 | — | — | #731 |
| 1927 | 79 | — | — | #741 |
| 1926 | 71 | — | — | #773 |
| 1925 | 90 | — | — | #677 |
| 1924 | 86 | — | — | #713 |
| 1923 | 81 | — | — | #727 |
| 1922 | 81 | — | — | #735 |
| 1921 | 96 | — | — | #662 |
| 1920 | 88 | — | — | #683 |
| 1919 | 116 | — | — | #557 |
| 1918 | 109 | — | — | #584 |
| 1917 | 80 | — | — | #673 |
| 1916 | 92 | — | — | #610 |
| 1915 | 70 | — | — | #704 |
| 1914 | 59 | — | — | #663 |
| 1913 | 52 | — | — | #613 |
| 1912 | 44 | — | — | #633 |
| 1911 | 21 | — | — | #701 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #917 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | — | #795 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #930 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #691 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | — | #742 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | — | #608 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #941 |
| 1903 | 15 | — | — | #589 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | — | #908 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #835 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #888 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | — | #469 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | — | #653 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | — | #451 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #710 |
| 1895 | 22 | — | — | #424 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #713 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | — | #528 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #514 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #478 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #613 |
| 1888 | 19 | — | — | #438 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #620 |
| 1886 | 14 | — | — | #502 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | — | #495 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #941 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #512 |
| 1882 | 11 | — | — | #598 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | — | #554 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #496 |