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Omar

Boy's name · #260 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Omar's best rank, #131, came in 2006; it has settled back to #260 today. Roughly 106,000 boys have been named Omar since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Omar is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Omar is especially popular in Bosnia (FBiH).

#5 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #14 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #66 in Sweden (2025) · #68 in Austria (2025) · #71 in Belgium (2025) · #102 in Netherlands (2025) · #105 in Mexico (2024) · #127 in Slovenia (2025) · #137 in Norway (2025) · #145 in France (2025) · #157 in England & Wales (2025) · #185 in Scotland (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Omars

• Omar Khayyám — Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
• Omar al-Bashir — President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019
• Omar Sharif — Egyptian actor (1932–2015)
• Omar Bongo — Gabonese politician (1935–2009)
• Omar Bradley — United States Army general (1893–1981)

In stories & tradition

• Omar Ben Salaad — The Adventures of Tintin (comics)
• Omar — First Book of Chronicles (Bible)
• Omar Little — The Wire (TV series)

What Omars become

Among 1,920 notable people named Omar:

Sports figures appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer.

Similar names: Omari · Ahmad · Omarion · Ali · Ammar · Amir

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