Omega
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to girls 72.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,186since 1893
Omega over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #14,942 | 5 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #2,648 | 50 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #2,525 | 52 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #3,301 | 34 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Omega! It came in at #955, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Omega
- 5,996 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #14,942)
- 5,989 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #14,942)
- 1,477 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #14,942)
- Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1894 (#955 → #1,237)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #955 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
- Highest: 1 in 21,291 girls born in 1893 were named Omega (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Omega (373) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 28 | #955 (1893) | #1,322 |
| 1900s | 48 | #1,142 (1907) | #1,544 |
| 1910s | 223 | #1,126 (1917) | #1,409 |
| 1920s | 373 | #1,074 (1925) | #1,311 |
| 1930s | 246 | #1,219 (1935) | #1,570 |
| 1940s | 173 | #1,900 (1940) | #2,194 |
| 1950s | 157 | #2,327 (1952) | #2,902 |
| 1960s | 135 | #2,729 (1960) | #3,829 |
| 1970s | 226 | #2,582 (1979) | #3,229 |
| 1980s | 191 | #2,940 (1980) | #4,310 |
| 1990s | 138 | #4,718 (1999) | #7,202 |
| 2000s | 101 | #5,570 (2001) | #10,005 |
| 2010s | 86 | #7,025 (2019) | #12,252 |
| 2020s | 61 | #8,032 (2022) | #9,942 |
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.
Omega in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 26,808 of them was named Omega, which outranked 80.1% 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).
- #1,129Luetta46
- #1,129Sherry46
- #1,129Vinnie46
- #1,142Omega45
- #1,142Antonetta45
- #1,142Aretha45
- #1,142Arletta45
- #1,158Allean44
- #1,158Charlsie44
- #1,158Coral44
Tied with 15 names at #1,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 156,586 of them was named Omega, which outranked 29.3% 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).