Girls' name · since 1884
Omah
Since 1884, U.S. Social Security records show 150 babies named Omah, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
150 girls have been named Omah since 1884, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Omah has 150 recorded births among girls since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1935.
- #22,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1884
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Omah ranks #22,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1884, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Omah's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Omah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Omah's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1884, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Omah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1935
- Peak year (1919)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Omah by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (53 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Omah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Omah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 13
1890s
13 births
- 1900s 20
1900s
20 births
- 1910s
1910s
43 births
- 1920s
1920s
53 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 53 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Omah's decade-level peak was the 1920s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Omah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
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, 1884–1935 (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 Omah 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.