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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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.

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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 1923

girls
#442
236 births · 1 in 5,112 girls
boys
#2,614
11 births · 1 in 99,646 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #442Oma236

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #2,614Oma11
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 5,112 of them was named Oma, which outranked 92.3% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #439Alene238
  2. #439Nelda238
  3. #441Lorine237
  4. #442Oma236
  5. #442Corrine236
  6. #444Tessie235
  7. #445Isabell234
  8. #446Jacquelyn233

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

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 99,646 of them was named Oma, which outranked 46.7% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #2,446Winferd12
  2. #2,446Worthy12
  3. #2,446Zigmond12
  4. #2,614Oma11
  5. #2,614Abbie11
  6. #2,614Agnes11
  7. #2,614Agostino11
  8. #2,772Abelino10
  9. #2,772Adalbert10
  10. #2,772Aden10

Tied with 157 names at #2,614; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923