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.
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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 6,203 of them was named Oma, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Oma, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.