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

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Peak · girls
1901 · 117 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,598
since 1880

Oma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Oma has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #275, 1901girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#10,6899
2016#16,2155
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#17,5045
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003#13,8446
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996#10,5677
1995#13,3865
1994
1993#8,7199
1992
1991
1990#12,9585
1989#10,8476
1988
1987
1986
1985#6,45710
1984
1983#8,0477
1982
1981#8,1287
1980#7,4188
1979#9,0106
1978#7,6497
1977#8,4446
1976#9,2845#5,5875
1975#6,4848
1974#4,72012
1973#6,6667#5,1015
1972#5,9598
1971#4,81011
1970#3,43518
1969#3,95813
1968#4,22211
1967#4,9828
1966#3,95911
1965#3,40214
1964#3,00018
1963#2,96018
1962#2,66821
1961#2,75220
1960#2,36925
1959#2,33924
1958#1,98531
1957#2,06728
1956#1,76036
1955#1,55643
1954#1,60240
1953#1,58638
1952#1,33352
1951#1,27753#3,7145
1950#1,43341
1949#1,22055
1948#1,07068#3,6685
1947#1,15061
1946#1,27646
1945#94166
1944#90072
1943#92271
1942#79492
1941#77387
1940#70199
1939#610122
1938#629119
1937#615120#3,1756
1936#644105
1935#621109#3,2526
1934#597120
1933#523147#3,6425
1932#510164
1931#535152#2,47110
1930#521168#3,2897
1929#502180#3,9595
1928#524176#3,0768
1927#526180#3,1518
1926#496197#4,2015
1925#442243#2,75510
1924#441251#3,2608
1923#442236#2,61411
1922#458224#3,0149
1921#416262#3,8696
1920#401273#2,9679
1919#414245#4,1685
1918#388284#3,3687
1917#430223#2,56210
1916#366284#2,54310
1915#360279#3,8255
1914#386189
1913#369171#2,8215
1912#357164
1911#357125
1910#340134
1909#309139
1908#307132
1907#306129
1906#294125
1905#288133
1904#306111
1903#278126
1902#284122
1901#275117
1900#304116
1899#294101
1898#289113
1897#30790
1896#29797
1895#31585
1894#29984#9546
1893#29583
1892#31472
1891#31066
1890#30168
1889#28271
1888#29165
1887#31446
1886#34239
1885#39427
1884#29542
1883#30034
1882#30633
1881#38419
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

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 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMNIllinois: #441 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,920 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedIAIndiana: #354 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,808 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #557 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,540 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedCONebraska: #274 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsNEMissouri: #247 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,761 girlsMOKentucky: #145 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 637 girlsKYWest Virginia: #230 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsWVVirginia: #247 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,916 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedNMKansas: #322 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,671 girlsKSArkansas: #151 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 619 girlsARTennessee: #213 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,191 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #251 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #147 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 600 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedMSAlabama: #301 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,116 girlsALGeorgia: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,804 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedHITexas: #231 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,106 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Oma, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#145 · 1 in 637
  2. Oklahoma#147 · 1 in 600
  3. Arkansas#151 · 1 in 619
  4. Tennessee#213 · 1 in 1,191
  5. West Virginia#230 · 1 in 1,345

Best ever in a state: #120 in Kentucky, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#145371 in 637
Oklahoma#147281 in 600
Arkansas#151251 in 619
Tennessee#213181 in 1,191
West Virginia#230111 in 1,345
Texas#231391 in 1,106
Missouri#247151 in 1,761
Virginia#247121 in 1,916
North Carolina#251161 in 1,811
Nebraska#27451 in 2,095
Alabama#301111 in 2,116
Kansas#32251 in 2,671
Indiana#35461 in 3,808
Illinois#44191 in 5,920
Georgia#50251 in 5,804
Pennsylvania#55761 in 14,540
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Oma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1882 (#384#306)
  • Biggest drop: 335 spots in 1946 (#941#1,276)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #275 (117 births)
  • Births halved by 1946, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,046
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Oma (2,222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s394#282 (1889)#330
1890s859#289 (1898)#302
1900s1,250#275 (1901)#295
1910s2,098#340 (1910)#377
1920s2,222#401 (1920)#465
1930s1,326#510 (1932)#581
1940s717#701 (1940)#975
1950s386#1,277 (1951)#1,694
1960s159#2,369 (1960)#3,427
1970s88#3,435 (1970)#6,646
1980s38#6,457 (1985)#8,179
1990s26#8,719 (1993)#11,408
2000s16#13,844 (2003)#15,593
2010s19#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 1915

girls
#360
279 births · 1 in 3,526 girls
boys
#3,825
5 births · 1 in 169,715 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #360Oma279

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #3,825Oma5
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 3,526 of them was named Oma, which outranked 92.8% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #357Catharine281
  2. #358Delia280
  3. #358Eddie280
  4. #360Oma279
  5. #360Lilly279
  6. #362Margery275
  7. #363Lelia272
  8. #364Iona270

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 169,715 of them was named Oma, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #3,392Yaro6
  2. #3,392Zebedee6
  3. #3,392Zolton6
  4. #3,825Oma5
  5. #3,825Abb5
  6. #3,825Abert5
  7. #3,825Abran5

Tied with 565 names at #3,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915