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
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,598since 1880
Oma over time
Rank among girls' names. Oma has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | — | |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 | — | |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 | — | |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | — | |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 | — | |
| 1941 | #773 | 87 | — | |
| 1940 | #701 | 99 | — | |
| 1939 | #610 | 122 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #615 | 120 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 | — | |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #597 | 120 | — | |
| 1933 | #523 | 147 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #510 | 164 | — | |
| 1931 | #535 | 152 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #521 | 168 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #502 | 180 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #524 | 176 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #526 | 180 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #496 | 197 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #442 | 243 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #441 | 251 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #442 | 236 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #458 | 224 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #416 | 262 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #401 | 273 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #414 | 245 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #388 | 284 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #430 | 223 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #366 | 284 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #360 | 279 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #386 | 189 | — | |
| 1913 | #369 | 171 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #357 | 164 | — | |
| 1911 | #357 | 125 | — | |
| 1910 | #340 | 134 | — | |
| 1909 | #309 | 139 | — | |
| 1908 | #307 | 132 | — | |
| 1907 | #306 | 129 | — | |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 | — | |
| 1905 | #288 | 133 | — | |
| 1904 | #306 | 111 | — | |
| 1903 | #278 | 126 | — | |
| 1902 | #284 | 122 | — | |
| 1901 | #275 | 117 | — | |
| 1900 | #304 | 116 | — | |
| 1899 | #294 | 101 | — | |
| 1898 | #289 | 113 | — | |
| 1897 | #307 | 90 | — | |
| 1896 | #297 | 97 | — | |
| 1895 | #315 | 85 | — | |
| 1894 | #299 | 84 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #295 | 83 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #310 | 66 | — | |
| 1890 | #301 | 68 | — | |
| 1889 | #282 | 71 | — | |
| 1888 | #291 | 65 | — | |
| 1887 | #314 | 46 | — | |
| 1886 | #342 | 39 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #295 | 42 | — | |
| 1883 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #384 | 19 | — | |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 | — | |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#160 · 1 in 795
- Oklahoma#167 · 1 in 805
- Tennessee#194 · 1 in 1,071
- West Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,171
- Missouri#217 · 1 in 1,397
Best ever in a state: #120 in Kentucky, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #160 | 34 | 1 in 795 |
| Oklahoma | #167 | 29 | 1 in 805 |
| Tennessee | #194 | 24 | 1 in 1,071 |
| West Virginia | #194 | 15 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Missouri | #217 | 22 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Arkansas | #223 | 17 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 9 | 1 in 1,396 |
| Virginia | #250 | 13 | 1 in 2,088 |
| Texas | #257 | 40 | 1 in 1,238 |
| Mississippi | #317 | 8 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Alabama | #334 | 10 | 1 in 2,676 |
| Kansas | #352 | 5 | 1 in 3,189 |
| Indiana | #358 | 6 | 1 in 4,326 |
| Louisiana | #362 | 8 | 1 in 2,589 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 7 | 1 in 4,845 |
| Georgia | #489 | 6 | 1 in 5,721 |
| Ohio | #520 | 6 | 1 in 9,086 |
| Illinois | #543 | 7 | 1 in 8,855 |
| Pennsylvania | #621 | 6 | 1 in 16,594 |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Oma
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1882 (#384 → #306)
- Biggest drop: 335 spots in 1946 (#941 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #275 (117 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 45 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- 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%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Oma (2,222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #282 (1889) | #330 |
| 1890s | 859 | #289 (1898) | #302 |
| 1900s | 1,250 | #275 (1901) | #295 |
| 1910s | 2,098 | #340 (1910) | #377 |
| 1920s | 2,222 | #401 (1920) | #465 |
| 1930s | 1,326 | #510 (1932) | #581 |
| 1940s | 717 | #701 (1940) | #975 |
| 1950s | 386 | #1,277 (1951) | #1,694 |
| 1960s | 159 | #2,369 (1960) | #3,427 |
| 1970s | 88 | #3,435 (1970) | #6,646 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,457 (1985) | #8,179 |
| 1990s | 26 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,408 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,844 (2003) | #15,593 |
| 2010s | 19 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 4,076 of them was named Oma, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #385Mavis290
- #386Jacqueline286
- #387Belle285
- #388Oma284
- #389Bernadette283
- #389Verda283
- #391Isabell281
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,783 of them was named Oma, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).