Omer is a distinctive choice, ranked #602 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Omer in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#602
About the Name Omer
Omer is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 153 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #554 in 2017 β and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Omer is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Omer
Unlikely. With around 63 UK babies named Omer per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Omer in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Omer is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 153 places over the last five years to #602 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Omer is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Omer include: Omer Bhatti β Omer Michael Jamal Bhatti, better known by his stage name O-Bee, is a Norwegian rapper and dancer, also known for his association with Michael Jackson.; Omer Dror β Omer Dror is an Israeli actor and model.; Omer Faruk Tekbilek β Omer Faruk Tekbilek is a Turkish musician and composer who plays a wide range of wind, string, percussion, and electronic instruments..
Omer does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Omers in the wild.
63
UK babies named Omer (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 153 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Omer
Likely around 1 other Omer in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Omer
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Omer Michael Jamal Bhatti, better known by his stage name O-Bee, is a Norwegian rapper and dancer, also known for his association with Michael Jackson. In 2014, he served as a judge on the sixth series of Norske Talenter (Norway's edition of the Got Talent franchise).
Omer Dror is an Israeli actor and model. He is known to international audiences for his role as Tzachi in The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem which airs on Netflix.
Omer Faruk Tekbilek is a Turkish musician and composer who plays a wide range of wind, string, percussion, and electronic instruments. He has developed a style that builds on traditional Sufi music while incorporating inspiration from ambient electronic musicians, most notably Brian Keane.
Omer Israel Bar-Lev is an Israeli politician who formerly served as Minister of Public Security. He was previously a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party.
Omer Adam is an Israeli singer whose music fuses elements of Mizrahi music (a type of Middle Eastern music) with Western pop instrumentation. In 2023, Ynetnews named Adam "Israel's most famous singer".
The omer (Hebrew: Χ’ΦΉΦ«ΧΦΆΧ¨ βΕmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem and also known as an isaron. It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions it as being equal to one tenth of an ephah.