Oma
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 98.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,598since 1880
Oma over time
Rank among girls' names. Oma has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | — | |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 | — | |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 | — | |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | — | |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 | — | |
| 1941 | #773 | 87 | — | |
| 1940 | #701 | 99 | — | |
| 1939 | #610 | 122 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #615 | 120 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 | — | |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #597 | 120 | — | |
| 1933 | #523 | 147 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #510 | 164 | — | |
| 1931 | #535 | 152 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #521 | 168 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #502 | 180 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #524 | 176 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #526 | 180 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #496 | 197 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #442 | 243 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #441 | 251 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #442 | 236 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #458 | 224 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #416 | 262 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #401 | 273 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #414 | 245 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #388 | 284 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #430 | 223 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #366 | 284 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #360 | 279 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #386 | 189 | — | |
| 1913 | #369 | 171 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #357 | 164 | — | |
| 1911 | #357 | 125 | — | |
| 1910 | #340 | 134 | — | |
| 1909 | #309 | 139 | — | |
| 1908 | #307 | 132 | — | |
| 1907 | #306 | 129 | — | |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 | — | |
| 1905 | #288 | 133 | — | |
| 1904 | #306 | 111 | — | |
| 1903 | #278 | 126 | — | |
| 1902 | #284 | 122 | — | |
| 1901 | #275 | 117 | — | |
| 1900 | #304 | 116 | — | |
| 1899 | #294 | 101 | — | |
| 1898 | #289 | 113 | — | |
| 1897 | #307 | 90 | — | |
| 1896 | #297 | 97 | — | |
| 1895 | #315 | 85 | — | |
| 1894 | #299 | 84 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #295 | 83 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #310 | 66 | — | |
| 1890 | #301 | 68 | — | |
| 1889 | #282 | 71 | — | |
| 1888 | #291 | 65 | — | |
| 1887 | #314 | 46 | — | |
| 1886 | #342 | 39 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #295 | 42 | — | |
| 1883 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #384 | 19 | — | |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Oma was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Oma is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Oma
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1882 (#384 → #306)
- Biggest drop: 335 spots in 1946 (#941 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #275 (117 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 45 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 2,046 girls born in 1901 were named Oma (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Oma (2,222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #282 (1889) | #330 |
| 1890s | 859 | #289 (1898) | #302 |
| 1900s | 1,250 | #275 (1901) | #295 |
| 1910s | 2,098 | #340 (1910) | #377 |
| 1920s | 2,222 | #401 (1920) | #465 |
| 1930s | 1,326 | #510 (1932) | #581 |
| 1940s | 717 | #701 (1940) | #975 |
| 1950s | 386 | #1,277 (1951) | #1,694 |
| 1960s | 159 | #2,369 (1960) | #3,427 |
| 1970s | 88 | #3,435 (1970) | #6,646 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,457 (1985) | #8,179 |
| 1990s | 26 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,408 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,844 (2003) | #15,593 |
| 2010s | 19 | #10,689 (2017) | #14,195 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Oma in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 2,498 of them was named Oma, which outranked 87.9% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.