Baby name

Omer

Boy

Origin of the name

Omer has several possible origins: a Hebrew name, omer, “sheaf,” a form of the Arabic Umar, and the French Saint Omer.

Comeback name

The high point came in 1918, with 234 births and the No. 391 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1969, with about 20 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 2091.

8,856births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 391rank at its peak, in 1918

Where babies named Omer are born

1918

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The darker the blue, the more common Omer is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Omer is most common in Kentucky (8.1 times), Indiana (3.6) and Massachusetts (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Omar 106,438
Homer 60,912
Amer 1,438

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