Omer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Omer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Omer: Recorded since 1964, it reached #323 in 1990, and it stood at #602 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#323highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#818
1997	#1052
1998	#1188
1999	#1130
2000	#1096
2001	#1202
2002	#869
2003	#912
2004	#841
2005	#872
2006	#1643
2007	#952
2008	#867
2009	#809
2010	#832
2011	#767
2012	#765
2013	#850
2014	#889
2015	#646
2016	#631
2017	#554
2018	#604
2019	#707
2020	#755
2021	#695
2022	#670
2023	#691
2024	#602

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 24 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2024: #602 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #518 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1990–2021
Highest recorded position: #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1990–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #602 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Omer appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,001 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1964.

Omer across 3 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.

Omer'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	#518 (1964)	#354 (2016)	#438 (2023)	24 of 60	125 (1964–2023)	11 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#323 (1990)	#323 (1990)	#631 (2021)	12 of 32	45 (1990–2021)	6 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#554 (2017)	#602 (2024)	29 of 29	1,001 (1996–2024)	70 (2017)

Omer by decade in England and Wales · 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 Omer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	54	4 of 10	14
2000s	220	10 of 10	22
2010s	471	10 of 10	47
2020sbusiest	256	5 of 10	51

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 51 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Omer appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #323 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Omer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#602	63	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#670	51	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#695	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#755	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#604	60	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#554	70	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#631	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#646	53	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#767	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#832	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#438	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#485	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#530	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#514	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#560	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#602	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#635	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#558	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#604	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#628	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #323, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1990, and 60 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.

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.

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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.

Dani · #306, 46y
Samson · #342, 44y
Leni · #288, 45y
Diego · #279, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alette · #323, 37y
Jamila · #322, 51y
Justina · #322, 28y
Mahdi · #324, 48y

Omer was ranked #323 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1990. 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.

Omer 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Omer without appearing here.

Omer moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1643 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #952 and #2435.
Roger Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1643 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #952 and #2435.
Glenn Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1643 and #1469 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #952 and #1666.
Gerard Compare
In 2008 they stood at #867 and #867 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #809 and #1358.

Moved ahead of Omer

Hudson Compare
In 2005 they stood at #872 and #982 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #885.
Theo Compare
In 2006 they stood at #530 and #541 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #563 and #79.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #818 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1052 and #678.
Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #562 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #628 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Omer

Adam Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 while Adam went from #44 to #22.
Alex Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 while Alex went from #170 to #21.
Alexander Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 while Alexander went from #105 to #43.
Arthur Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 while Arthur went from #175 to #67.

Moved the same way as Omer

Adrian Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 and Adrian from #67 to #257.
Alan Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 and Alan from #19 to #186.
Andrew Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 and Andrew from #18 to #95.
Anthony Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Omer went from #323 to #631 and Anthony from #26 to #121.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #323 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Omer

Omer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Omer across 3 official records

Omer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Omer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Omer and the names beside it

Omer moved ahead of

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Omer at a glance

Omer across 3 official records

Omer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Omer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Omer

Omer and the names beside it

Omer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Omer

Moved the opposite way to Omer

Moved the same way as Omer