Recorded 1979–2018 Boys' name Peak 1988 288 births

Omeed — boys' name

288 babies named Omeed in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s731990s1202000s782010s12
1990s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Omeed was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

15 babies were named Omeed in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Omeed

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Omeed between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Omeed currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Omeed performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Omeed shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Omeed in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Omeed in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 288 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Omeed at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

288

Since 1979

40 years of records

Peak year

1988

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1979

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2018

Omeed popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1988)
15
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
05101520 20182006200219981994199019861979 5

Omeed by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
120 births that decade — 42% of Omeed's all-time total
1970s51980s731990s1202000s782010s12

Omeed by state

Where Omeed concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Omeed
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
64 22.2%
California share of Omeed's total US births 22.2%

64 of 288 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Omeed?
288 babies have been named Omeed since 1979. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1988 with 15 births.
When was Omeed most popular?
Omeed was most popular in the 1990s decade with 120 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Omeed most popular?
The top states for the name Omeed are California (64 births).
How long has the name Omeed been used?
Omeed has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 40 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Omeed?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Omer, Omega, Omero, Omere, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.