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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #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
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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.

Where Oma is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Oma
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 1892

girls
#314
72 births · 1 in 2,949 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #314Oma72
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 2,949 of them was named Oma, which outranked 81.1% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oma
  1. #311Chloe76
  2. #311Ivy76
  3. #311Rae76
  4. #314Oma72
  5. #314Antoinette72
  6. #314Floy72
  7. #314Frankie72
  8. #320Edythe71
  9. #320Leota71
  10. #320Reba71

Tied with 5 names at #314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →