boys:
2.8k births since 1977
#2380 (48th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1977
#5102 (34th percentile)
The name Ammar is the #5,102 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,804 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 34.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,380 (48.1% percentile) for all time with 2,804 births since 1977.
Ammar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for boys in 1977).
For boys, Ammar reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 14.4% percentile (ranked #775) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 66 births per million (ranked 14.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ammar ranks #806 for boys (11.5% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 91.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ammar".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ammar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amare" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amare..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ammar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.9% confident that Ammar is pronounced as uh-MAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-MAHR, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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