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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #260, 1891boys
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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
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 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1894

girls
#1,485
5 births · 1 in 44,584 girls
boys
#376
24 births · 1 in 4,824 boys

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #1,485Omer5

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #376Omer24
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 44,584 of them was named Omer, which outranked 12.7% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omer
  1. #1,353Xenia6
  2. #1,353Zana6
  3. #1,353Zera6
  4. #1,485Omer5
  5. #1,485Abby5
  6. #1,485Abelina5
  7. #1,485Adelaida5

Tied with 217 names at #1,485; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

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

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 4,824 of them was named Omer, which outranked 69.7% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omer
  1. #367Lon25
  2. #367Lorenzo25
  3. #367Milo25
  4. #376Omer24
  5. #376Antonio24
  6. #376Arther24
  7. #376Christ24
  8. #387Abner23
  9. #387Chas23
  10. #387Dee23

Tied with 10 names at #376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →