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Baby name
Omar
Boy
Origin of the name
Omar comes from Arabic, linked to ʿumr, “life.” Umar was the second caliph of Islam.
Classic name
106,438births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 131rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Omar are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Omar is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Omar is most common in Nevada (2.6 times), California (2.6) and Arizona (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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