Boys' name · since 1914
Ohmer
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Ohmer, peaking in 1931. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,264 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ohmer sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 13 recorded since 1914.
Ohmer has 13 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1931.
- #32,264 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohmer ranks #32,264 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #32,264 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ohmer's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ohmer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ohmer splits its recorded history at 1931: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1931 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ohmer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1931
- Peak year (1931)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ohmer by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
1930s was Ohmer's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Ohmer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ohmer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ohmer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.