Om

#2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births

Peak · boys
2008 · 153 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,321
since 1983

Om over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Om has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,169, 2008boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,16766
2024#2,15668
2023#2,22164
2022#2,40858
2021#1,93178
2020#1,91177
2019#2,06270
2018#1,90178
2017#1,64496
2016#1,77486
2015#1,75387
2014#1,73087
2013#1,64792
2012#1,551102
2011#1,516105
2010#1,415117
2009#1,214148
2008#1,169153
2007#1,423114
2006#1,467104
2005#1,334113
2004#1,183131
2003#1,190124
2002#2,24946
2001#3,72122
2000#5,29713
1999#7,1398
1998#6,3149
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First appearance
1983

The first year at least five boys were named Om! It came in at #6,238, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Om is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,162 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,831 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMINew York: #1,732 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,908 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #427 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,137 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,196 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 17,354 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedWVVirginia: #912 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,793 boysVAMaryland: #753 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,022 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedARTennessee: #814 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,491 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,096 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,404 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedHITexas: #1,227 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 15,527 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Om, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#427 · 1 in 3,137
  2. Maryland#753 · 1 in 6,022
  3. Tennessee#814 · 1 in 7,491
  4. Virginia#912 · 1 in 8,793
  5. Georgia#1,096 · 1 in 10,404

Best ever in a state: #296 in New Jersey, 2003.

Show every state
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New Jersey#427151 in 3,137
Maryland#75351 in 6,022
Tennessee#81451 in 7,491
Virginia#91251 in 8,793
Georgia#1,09661 in 10,404
Illinois#1,16261 in 12,831
California#1,196151 in 17,354
Texas#1,227121 in 15,527
New York#1,73251 in 21,908
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See more about Om
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#2,156 → #2,167)
  • 256 spots since 2020 (#1,911 → #2,167)
  • 414 spots since 2015 (#1,753 → #2,167)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1983
  • Peaked 2008 at #1,169 (153 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,334
  • Highest: 1 in 13,334 boys born in 2008 were named Om (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 41.7% of all boys named Om (968) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#6,238 (1983)#6,238
1990s17#6,314 (1998)#6,727
2000s968#1,169 (2008)#2,025
2010s920#1,415 (2010)#1,699
2020s411#1,911 (2020)#2,132

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.

Om in 2006

boys
#1,467
104 births · 1 in 19,762 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #1,467Om104
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 19,762 of them was named Om, which outranked 89.6% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Om
  1. #1,460Karsen105
  2. #1,460Khamari105
  3. #1,460Rahul105
  4. #1,467Om104
  5. #1,467Archer104
  6. #1,467Baron104
  7. #1,467Canon104
  8. #1,479Ajani103
  9. #1,479Deondre103
  10. #1,479Ismail103

Tied with 11 names at #1,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →