Qamar is a distinctive choice, ranked #1584 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Qamar in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1584
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About the Name Qamar
Qamar is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2354 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1367 in 1998 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Qamar is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Qamar in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Qamar
Qamar Abbas — Qamar Abbas is a freestyle wrestler from Pakistan.
Mere Rashke Qamar — "Mere Rashke Qamar" (Urdu: میرے رشک قمر; lit. "O Envy of the Moon") is a ghazal-qawwali written by Urdu poet Fana Buland Shehri and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Qamar El Safdy — Qamar El Safdy is a Jordanian actress and voice actress.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Qamar
Unlikely. With around 19 UK babies named Qamar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Qamar in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Qamar is rising: up 3,024 places since 2020, to #1,584 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #1,367 in 1998.
Qamar 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 Qamar include: Qamar Abbas, Mere Rashke Qamar and Qamar El Safdy. Short summaries for each appear below.
Qamar does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Qamars in the wild.
19
UK babies named Qamar (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 915 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Qamar
Almost certainly the only Qamar in the class
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UK Popularity (2006–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Qamar
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Syed Naveed Qamar is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024, and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and between 1990 and May 2018.
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri, born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan (Persian: قمرخانم سیدحسینخان), commonly known as "Qamar" (Persian: قمر [ɢæmær]), was a celebrated Iranian singer, who was also the first woman of her time to sing in public in Iran without wearing a veil.