Omer

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 38 births
Debut · boys
29 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,856
since 1880

Omer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Omer has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #260, 1891boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#2,09170
2024#2,05773
2023#13,4626#2,22164
2022#2,08372
2021#2,46454
2020#1,99671
2019#1,86880
2018#1,70792
2017#1,93574
2016#1,82882
2015#1,93175
2014#2,01770
2013#1,72585
2012#2,20959
2011#2,17360
2010#1,94072
2009#2,38154
2008#2,00170
2007#2,37254
2006#17,1685#1,84074
2005#2,08159
2004#1,91164
2003#2,00657
2002#1,83262
2001#1,96055
2000#1,89555
1999#1,99548
1998#1,58566
1997#1,79053
1996#1,84249
1995#1,91444
1994#1,82247
1993#2,05039
1992#2,17435
1991#2,29531
1990#2,37329
1989#2,29229
1988#2,19728
1987#1,79336
1986#2,36023
1985#2,29323
1984#1,79631
1983#1,95527
1982#2,16624
1981#2,20423
1980#1,76532
1979#2,04825
1978#2,13422
1977#2,45818
1976#2,50817
1975#2,28819
1974#1,93423
1973#2,03620
1972#2,08019
1971#2,05220
1970#2,50914
1969#1,91419
1968#1,78820
1967#2,13914
1966#1,54025
1965#2,27013
1964#1,54526
1963#1,74421
1962#1,54626
1961#1,30337
1960#1,43431
1959#1,38732
1958#1,25338
1957#1,41131
1956#1,23238
1955#1,41929
1954#1,11245
1953#1,13942
1952#1,16640
1951#1,15039
1950#98949
1949#1,04745
1948#1,00149
1947#82271
1946#95249
1945#85054
1944#87053
1943#76872
1942#74873
1941#66584
1940#72970
1939#69174
1938#68079
1937#68776
1936#67976
1935#60592
1934#4,2865#61593
1933#58299
1932#528122
1931#539117
1930#511136
1929#490143
1928#504144
1927#3,8757#483157
1926#4,3066#469165
1925#458173
1924#455181
1923#3,12510#442190
1922#4,0117#402226
1921#412217
1920#437190
1919#414199
1918#4,8095#391234
1917#433171
1916#425176
1915#390189
1914#3,1886#393146
1913#412110
1912#2,9795#41289
1911#54830
1910#44738
1909#53024
1908#36539
1907#38135
1906#46523
1905#54918
1904#48220
1903#43022
1902#35531
1901#40721
1900#51821
1899#37624
1898#32934
1897#40422
1896#30138
1895#36826
1894#1,4855#37624
1893#31231
1892#39423
1891#26038
1890#29434
1889#33827
1888#34329
1887#35222
1886#28336
1885#42218
1884#30632
1883#34623
1882#31330
1881#33224
1880#31429
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Omer was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Omer is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedAKMaine: #134 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 651 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #64 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 270 boysNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedMNIllinois: #368 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,864 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #177 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,969 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedSDIowa: #220 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,683 boysIAIndiana: #173 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,316 boysINOhio: #337 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,708 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNEMissouri: #276 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,443 boysMOKentucky: #144 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 831 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedKSArkansas: #209 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,255 boysARTennessee: #305 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,670 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #284 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,140 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedHITexas: #615 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,831 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Omer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#64 · 1 in 270
  2. Maine#134 · 1 in 651
  3. Kentucky#144 · 1 in 831
  4. Indiana#173 · 1 in 1,316
  5. Massachusetts#177 · 1 in 1,969

Best ever in a state: #64 in New Hampshire, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#6481 in 270
Maine#13461 in 651
Kentucky#144161 in 831
Indiana#173111 in 1,316
Massachusetts#177121 in 1,969
Arkansas#20981 in 1,255
Iowa#22071 in 1,683
Missouri#27671 in 2,443
Oklahoma#28451 in 2,140
Tennessee#30551 in 2,670
Ohio#33761 in 4,708
Illinois#36861 in 5,864
Texas#61551 in 5,831
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Omer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#2,057#2,091)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#1,996#2,091)
  • 160 spots since 2015 (#1,931#2,091)
  • Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1886 (#422#283)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1948 (#822#1,001)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #260 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1905, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,663
  • Highest: 1 in 2,663 boys born in 1891 were named Omer (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Omer (1,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s270#283 (1886)#335
1890s294#260 (1891)#341
1900s254#355 (1902)#448
1910s1,382#390 (1915)#427
1920s1,786#402 (1922)#455
1930s964#511 (1930)#612
1940s620#665 (1941)#845
1950s383#989 (1950)#1,226
1960s232#1,303 (1961)#1,722
1970s197#1,934 (1974)#2,205
1980s276#1,765 (1980)#2,082
1990s441#1,585 (1998)#1,984
2000s604#1,832 (2002)#2,028
2010s749#1,707 (2018)#1,933
2020s404#1,996 (2020)#2,152

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Omer in 1914

girls
#3,188
6 births · 1 in 126,930 girls
boys
#393
146 births · 1 in 4,485 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,188Omer6

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #393Omer146
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 126,930 of them was named Omer, which outranked 24.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omer
  1. #2,876Zillie7
  2. #2,876Zofia7
  3. #2,876Zollie7
  4. #3,188Omer6
  5. #3,188Adamae6
  6. #3,188Addis6
  7. #3,188Adlena6
  8. #3,618Aaron5
  9. #3,618Abelina5
  10. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 429 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

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

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 4,485 of them was named Omer, which outranked 89.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omer
  1. #390Jackson149
  2. #390Milo149
  3. #392Ambrose147
  4. #393Omer146
  5. #394Eric145
  6. #395Al144
  7. #395Benny144
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914