boys:
2.8k births since 1951
#2359 (49th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1951
#5067 (35th percentile)
The name Umar is the #5,067 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,846 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 34.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,359 (48.5% percentile) for all time with 2,846 births since 1951.
Umar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for boys in 1951). Birth data for Umar is available in 57 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Umar reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.6% percentile (ranked #771) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 84 births per million (ranked 16.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Umar is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #764 (16.2% percentile) with 83 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Umar".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Umar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Umar is pronounced as UE-mahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ue-MAHR, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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