Omari

Omari was the #686 boys' name in the US in 2025 (397 babies), and #668 in England & Wales and #1,718 in Canada.

Omari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Omari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Omari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#686 (397)#668 (54)#1,718 (12)
2024#613 (465)#737 (47)#2,439 (7)
2023#579 (496)#679 (51)#1,421 (14)
2022#536 (555)#640 (55)#1,557 (12)
2021#489 (605)#632 (58)#1,342 (15)
2020#499 (585)#598 (60)#1,223 (17)
2019#479 (612)#740 (44)#1,256 (16)
2018#471 (618)#564 (66)#1,983 (8)
2017#510 (570)#709 (49)#2,439 (6)
2016#532 (553)#833 (38)#1,487 (12)
2015#508 (567)#856 (36)#1,816 (9)
2014#708 (341)#1,144 (23)#1,778 (9)
2013#733 (318)#976 (29)#2,305 (6)
2012#710 (334)#765 (42)#2,666 (5)
2011#642 (364)#878 (33)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #489.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 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 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Omari is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Omari by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #527NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #475NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #778TXFlorida: #478FL
Omari (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OmariCanadaBoys#1,71812
OmariEngland & WalesBoys#66854
O'MariEngland & WalesBoys—too few
OmariNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OmariUSGirls#11,9327
OmariUSBoys#686397