NameTides

Ammar

Ammar was the #1,241 boys' name in the US in 2025 (161 babies), and #606 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Ammar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ammar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Ammar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,241 (161)#606 (63)#762 (3)—#591 (49)
2024#1,510 (118)#630 (60)—#785 (3)#668 (40)
2023#1,576 (110)#579 (64)#533 (5)#770 (3)#837 (29)
2022#1,523 (118)#784 (41)—#657 (4)#862 (29)
2021#1,721 (94)#771 (43)——#753 (35)
2020#1,621 (99)#640 (54)——#999 (22)
2019#1,450 (120)#768 (41)—#764 (3)#770 (31)
2018#1,657 (97)#763 (43)——#818 (29)
2017#1,455 (117)#794 (41)#733 (3)—#695 (36)
2016#1,366 (130)#765 (43)——#865 (27)
2015#1,307 (135)#753 (43)#686 (3)—#734 (34)
2014#1,402 (120)#650 (52)——#806 (29)
2013#1,483 (110)#771 (41)—#534 (5)#892 (25)
2012#1,657 (93)#805 (39)——#837 (27)
2011#1,968 (70)#718 (44)#648 (3)#730 (3)#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,241.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ammar is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ammar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Ammar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#45827

Ammar (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmmarCanadaBoys#59149
AmmarEngland & WalesBoys#60663
AmmarIrelandBoys—too few
AmmarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmmarScotlandBoys#7623
AmmarUSBoys#1,241161