Recorded 1970–2017 Boys' name Peak 1980 488 births

Omarr — boys' name

488 babies named Omarr in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s1551980s1071990s932000s1032010s30
1970s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Omarr was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

23 babies were named Omarr in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Omarr

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Omarr between 1970 and 2017, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Omarr currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Omarr performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Omarr shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Omarr in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Omarr in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 488 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Omarr at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

488

Since 1970

48 years of records

Peak year

1980

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1970

Recorded for 48 years

Last year on file: 2017

Omarr popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1970

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1980)
23
Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
0510152025 201720082002199619901984197819721970 14

Omarr by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
155 births that decade — 32% of Omarr's all-time total
1970s1551980s1071990s932000s1032010s30

Omarr by state

Where Omarr concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Omarr
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
40 8.2%
#2 New York
5 1.0%
#3 Pennsylvania
5 1.0%
Illinois share of Omarr's total US births 8.2%
Even split

40 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Omarr?
488 babies have been named Omarr since 1970. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1980 with 23 births.
When was Omarr most popular?
Omarr was most popular in the 1970s decade with 155 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Omarr most popular?
The top states for the name Omarr are Illinois (40 births), New York (5 births), Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Omarr been used?
Omarr has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 48 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Omarr?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Omar, Omari, Omarion, Omair, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.