Oma is a girl name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Oma means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Oma across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Oma has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Oma is a girl name of Arabic origin meaning “leader or long-lived”. A feminine form of Omar, also a German word for grandmother.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 9,779 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Oma per year, United States (1880 to 2018). United States peaked in 1916 (294/yr).
Oma has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1916, when it ranked #659 nationally (given to 294 babies that year).
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