Osmar

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⭐ Famous Osmar

Osmar Donizete Cândido

Brazilian association football player

Choose Osmar and your child shares a first name with Osmar Donizete Cândido, a Brazilian association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Osmar, like who?” Osmar Donizete Cândido's Wikipedia article is available in 42 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 28,986 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Osmar, 59 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Osmar would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryOsmar first shows up in US birth records in 1973, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 52 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2008, when it reached #1,303.
• 🚀TrendOsmar has climbed 105 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,332. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedOsmar is most popular in Arizona, where it ranks #844. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.

About the name Osmar

Osmar is a boy name of English origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with O and ending in “-mar”. US birth records list Osmar for boys from 1973 to 2025, in 49 of those 53 years. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked #1,303 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,332, with 59 babies.

Origin:English names