How rare is the name Ammar?

4,313 people in the United States have the first name Ammar, about 1 in 70,028. It ranks #4,358 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AMMAR

#4,358

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,313
About
1 in 70,028
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,313 people named Ammar, 54.6% reported their origin as White, 28.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.2% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ammar peaked in 2025, when 161 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
161
In 2025*
161
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,083 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ammar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,207. The largest share of babies named Ammar, 49.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#15,12228
1980s#6,907176
1990s#5,120383
2000s#4,210720
2010s#3,3891,076
2020s#3,207700
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–9613%
Generation Z 1997–1236.3%
2013 and later49.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ammar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ammar has been most common in New York (2.7×), Illinois (2.3×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.42×).

1,645 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ammar

1 other first name also has 4,313 people.

#4,358 Aziz · 4,313

Either side of Ammar

#4,356 Marylee · 4,320#4,357 Bambi · 4,318#4,358 Aziz · 4,313#4,360 Casen · 4,312

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ammar, most common first.

#3,441 Amar · 6,045#23,187 Ammara · 424#26,650 Amaar · 348#34,154 Ammaar · 240

Also a last name

As a last name, Ammar ranks #21,526 of 156,621, with 1,237 people. See Ammar as a last name

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