Girl name#1,447 of girl names
Oma
Pronounced OW1 M AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 139 years in use
How popular is Oma?
Oma is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 9,779 children — the 1,447th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 2018 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1918, when 284 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- OW1 M AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Oma
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Oma
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Oma?
- Oma ranks 1,447th among girls' names in US records, with 9,779 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 19.
- Is Oma a unisex name?
- No. Oma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Oma most popular?
- 1918, when 284 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2018.