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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

girls
#521
168 births · 1 in 6,702 girls
boys
#3,289
7 births · 1 in 156,768 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #521Oma168

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,289Oma7
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 6,702 of them was named Oma, which outranked 90.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #518Esperanza169
  2. #518Francisca169
  3. #518Wilhelmina169
  4. #521Oma168
  5. #521Gene168
  6. #521Monica168
  7. #524Gussie167
  8. #524Rae167
  9. #526Billy166

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 156,768 of them was named Oma, which outranked 27.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #3,022Wren8
  2. #3,022Yancey8
  3. #3,022Yutaka8
  4. #3,289Oma7
  5. #3,289Abdul7
  6. #3,289Ad7
  7. #3,289Addis7
  8. #3,592Abron6
  9. #3,592Acey6
  10. #3,592Acy6

Tied with 302 names at #3,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930