# Oma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈoʊ.mə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,779 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 181 / 9,598 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Coined as a feminine equivalent of Omar.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 8 | 7,910 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,759 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,704 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6,804 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,896 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,559 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,307 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,105 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,457 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,422 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,275 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,721 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,176 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,387 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,526 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 8 | 3,426 |
| 1925 | 10 | 2,883 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,648 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,366 |
| 1928 | 8 | 3,288 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,390 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,506 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,599 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,017 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,546 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,420 |
| 1948 | 5 | 4,046 |
| 1951 | 5 | 4,102 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,654 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,224 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.