Omar

“Long-lived, living long” — Arabic origin

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

Omar has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #131 (2006) · 106,438 babies named Omar all-time · 1 in 1,300 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #7 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024) · #14 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #66 in Sweden (2025) · #68 in Austria (2025) · #71 in Belgium (2025).

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

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 · The Crab with the Golden Claws
Omar — First Book of Chronicles · Books of Chronicles
Omar Little — The Wire

What Omars become

Among 1,910 notable people named Omar:

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

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