Omar

maleArabic

Commonly interpreted as relating to long life, flourishing, or thriving — from the Arabic root 'to live long, to thrive'.

Origin: Arabic

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #137 in Norway in 2025. See regions.

Omar: Recorded since 1947, it reached #137 in 2013, and it stood at #137 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
156times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#137highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Omar's record

Moved 159 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

OH-mar/ˈoʊmɑr/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Arabic
Meaning: Commonly interpreted as relating to long life, flourishing, or thriving — from the Arabic root 'to live long, to thrive'.
Pronunciation: OH-mar
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Arabic

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#150
1997	#158
1998	#158
1999	#161
2000	#169
2001	#167
2002	#182
2003	#184
2004	#191
2005	#185
2006	#187
2007	#197
2008	#209
2009	#233
2010	#227
2011	#222
2012	#226
2013	#209
2014	#229
2015	#217
2016	#203
2017	#219
2018	#194
2019	#216
2020	#208
2021	#212
2022	#191
2023	#182
2024	#175
2025	#157

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 77 of the 79 years from 1947 to 2025.

In 2025: #137 among boys in Norway, #157 among boys in England and Wales, #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1947–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #306 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #157 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Omar appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 77 years beginning in 1947, and has registered 1,904 births with the name.

Omar across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Omar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#306 (1947)	#137 (2013)	#137 (2025)	77 of 79	1,904 (1947–2025)	51 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#316 (1976)	#231 (2022)	#232 (2025)	39 of 50	332 (1976–2025)	21 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#150 (1996)	#150 (1996)	#157 (2025)	30 of 30	7,155 (1996–2025)	332 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#220 (2002)	#414 (2022)	9 of 26	35 (1997–2022)	6 (2019)

Omar by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Omar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	14	2 of 10	7
1950s	66	9 of 10	7
1960s	129	10 of 10	13
1970s	192	10 of 10	19
1980s	309	10 of 10	31
1990s	291	10 of 10	29
2000s	303	10 of 10	30
2010sbusiest	411	10 of 10	41
2020s	189	6 of 10	32

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Omar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1947 and 2025, ranked in 77 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #137, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 332 births, registered in England and Wales in 2025.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1976, and 77 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Omar was ranked #137 in Norway · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Patrick#133
Vegard#134
Ahmed#135
Eskil#136
Ibrahim#138
Jon#139
Mohamed#140
Mohammed#141

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Olympia · #910, 29y
Om · #945, 26y
Omari · #564, 30y
Omer · #323, 43y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdul · #138, 81y
Ana · #131, 74y
Hassan · #144, 79y
Marina · #122, 73y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Åsmund · #137, 81y
Norunn · #137, 51y
Svenn · #137, 53y
Abdul · #138, 81y

Omar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Omar without appearing here.

Omar moved ahead of

Glenn
In 2014 they stood at #500 and #401 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #329 and #615.
Erik
In 2024 they stood at #267 and #240 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #232 and #468.
Harry
In 1971 they stood at #398 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #239 and #473.
Edward
In 2021 they stood at #202 and #182 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #183 and #377.

Moved ahead of Omar

Mason
In 2007 they stood at #384 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #386 and #252.
Frank
In 2005 they stood at #229 and #263 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #341 and #223.
Daithi
In 2005 they stood at #243 and #280 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #341 and #238.
Max
In 1998 they stood at #185 and #211 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #259 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Omar

Anders
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 while Anders went from #61 to #293.
Anthony
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 while Anthony went from #312 to #451.
Arild
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 while Arne went from #6 to #222.

Moved the same way as Omar

Aksel
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 and Aksel from #150 to #25.
Alfred
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 and Alfred from #173 to #26.
Arthur
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 and Arthur from #140 to #83.
Colin
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Omar went from #306 to #137 and Colin from #349 to #119.

Meaning & Origin

Commonly interpreted as relating to long life, flourishing, or thriving — from the Arabic root 'to live long, to thrive'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Arabic

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Omar is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Omar, between 1947 and 2025, in 77 of those 79 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1947–2025	77	#137 in 2013
Republic of Ireland	1976–2025	39	#231 in 2022
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#150 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2022	9	#220 in 2002
Scotland	2024	1	#278 in 2024

Its high point came 28 years earlier in England and Wales (1996) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

OH-mar/ˈoʊmɑr/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Omar Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Omar in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Omar

Omar at a glance

What stands out in Omar's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Omar across 4 official records

Omar by decade in Norway · Boys

Omar appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Omar

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Omar and the names beside it

Omar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Omar

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Meaning & Origin

Where Omar is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Omar Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Omar at a glance

What stands out in Omar's record

Omar across 4 official records

Omar by decade in Norway · Boys

Omar appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Omar

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Omar and the names beside it

Omar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Omar

Moved the opposite way to Omar

Moved the same way as Omar