Meaning not yet researched.
Omer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 70 in 2025. Its best rank was #263 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #263 in 1891; #2,103 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Omer in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,103 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #263.
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Omer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 70 boys in 2025. Peak: #263 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 234 (1918).
In 2025, 70 US boys were named Omer, making it the 2,103rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 29 places from #2,074 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 73 boys named Omer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #263, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 234, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,946 in 2015 and #1,000 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Omer in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 29 babies with the name. In all, 8,923 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,816 babies named Omer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 732 US boys were named Omer; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 92. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,401 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Omer ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #888 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Omar (106,894 babies since 1880) and Umar (3,205 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Omer in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 7 | #888 | #696 |
| New York | 9 | #1,267 | #1,218 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,587 | #1,881 |
| California | 6 | #2,392 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 70 | #2,103 |
| 2024 | — | — | 73 | #2,074 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,729 | 64 | #2,238 |
| 2022 | — | — | 72 | #2,092 |
| 2021 | — | — | 54 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | — | — | 71 | #2,014 |
| 2019 | — | — | 80 | #1,883 |
| 2018 | — | — | 92 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | — | — | 74 | #1,952 |
| 2016 | — | — | 82 | #1,840 |
| 2015 | — | — | 75 | #1,946 |
| 2014 | — | — | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2013 | — | — | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2012 | — | — | 59 | #2,229 |
| 2011 | — | — | 60 | #2,193 |
| 2010 | — | — | 72 | #1,950 |
| 2009 | — | — | 54 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | — | — | 70 | #2,022 |
| 2007 | — | — | 54 | #2,405 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,301 | 74 | #1,852 |
| 2005 | — | — | 59 | #2,103 |
| 2004 | — | — | 64 | #1,925 |
| 2003 | — | — | 57 | #2,024 |
| 2002 | — | — | 62 | #1,843 |
| 2001 | — | — | 55 | #1,972 |
| 2000 | — | — | 55 | #1,913 |
| 1999 | — | — | 48 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | — | — | 66 | #1,596 |
| 1997 | — | — | 53 | #1,807 |
| 1996 | — | — | 49 | #1,864 |
| 1995 | — | — | 44 | #1,944 |
| 1994 | — | — | 47 | #1,847 |
| 1993 | — | — | 39 | #2,076 |
| 1992 | — | — | 35 | #2,203 |
| 1991 | — | — | 31 | #2,336 |
| 1990 | — | — | 29 | #2,416 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,339 |
| 1988 | — | — | 28 | #2,233 |
| 1987 | — | — | 36 | #1,824 |
| 1986 | — | — | 23 | #2,405 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,340 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,826 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #2,001 |
| 1982 | — | — | 24 | #2,195 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,252 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,793 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,086 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,183 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,534 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,578 |
| 1975 | — | — | 19 | #2,340 |
| 1974 | — | — | 23 | #1,964 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,104 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | — | — | 20 | #2,101 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,599 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,817 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,226 |
| 1966 | — | — | 25 | #1,568 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1964 | — | — | 26 | #1,564 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1962 | — | — | 26 | #1,578 |
| 1961 | — | — | 37 | #1,316 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1959 | — | — | 32 | #1,404 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,259 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,429 |
| 1956 | — | — | 38 | #1,247 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,443 |
| 1954 | — | — | 45 | #1,117 |
| 1953 | — | — | 42 | #1,152 |
| 1952 | — | — | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1951 | — | — | 39 | #1,165 |
| 1950 | — | — | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1949 | — | — | 45 | #1,059 |
| 1948 | — | — | 49 | #1,012 |
| 1947 | — | — | 71 | #829 |
| 1946 | — | — | 49 | #960 |
| 1945 | — | — | 54 | #859 |
| 1944 | — | — | 53 | #876 |
| 1943 | — | — | 72 | #771 |
| 1942 | — | — | 73 | #751 |
| 1941 | — | — | 84 | #668 |
| 1940 | — | — | 70 | #736 |
| 1939 | — | — | 74 | #693 |
| 1938 | — | — | 79 | #681 |
| 1937 | — | — | 76 | #690 |
| 1936 | — | — | 76 | #683 |
| 1935 | — | — | 92 | #612 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,804 | 93 | #621 |
| 1933 | — | — | 99 | #586 |
| 1932 | — | — | 122 | #530 |
| 1931 | — | — | 117 | #544 |
| 1930 | — | — | 136 | #514 |
| 1929 | — | — | 143 | #490 |
| 1928 | — | — | 144 | #506 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,172 | 157 | #483 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,704 | 165 | #469 |
| 1925 | — | — | 173 | #460 |
| 1924 | — | — | 181 | #456 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,302 | 190 | #442 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,335 | 226 | #402 |
| 1921 | — | — | 217 | #412 |
| 1920 | — | — | 190 | #439 |
| 1919 | — | — | 199 | #415 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,391 | 234 | #392 |
| 1917 | — | — | 171 | #434 |
| 1916 | — | — | 176 | #426 |
| 1915 | — | — | 189 | #392 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,504 | 146 | #393 |
| 1913 | — | — | 110 | #412 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,320 | 89 | #414 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #557 |
| 1910 | — | — | 38 | #450 |
| 1909 | — | — | 24 | #541 |
| 1908 | — | — | 39 | #372 |
| 1907 | — | — | 35 | #383 |
| 1906 | — | — | 23 | #470 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #564 |
| 1904 | — | — | 20 | #487 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #443 |
| 1902 | — | — | 31 | #357 |
| 1901 | — | — | 21 | #419 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #526 |
| 1899 | — | — | 24 | #381 |
| 1898 | — | — | 34 | #332 |
| 1897 | — | — | 22 | #406 |
| 1896 | — | — | 38 | #305 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #379 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,653 | 24 | #384 |
| 1893 | — | — | 31 | #315 |
| 1892 | — | — | 23 | #402 |
| 1891 | — | — | 38 | #263 |
| 1890 | — | — | 34 | #298 |
| 1889 | — | — | 27 | #345 |
| 1888 | — | — | 29 | #345 |
| 1887 | — | — | 22 | #353 |
| 1886 | — | — | 36 | #286 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #433 |
| 1884 | — | — | 32 | #310 |
| 1883 | — | — | 23 | #352 |
| 1882 | — | — | 30 | #315 |
| 1881 | — | — | 24 | #340 |
| 1880 | — | — | 29 | #316 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).