Boys' name · since 1921
Omen
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Omen, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,176 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
41 babies have been named Omen since 1921, making it today's #12176 boys' name.
Omen has 41 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12176 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- #23,593 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,176 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 41 born since 1921
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Omen ranks #23,593 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,176 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 41 born since 1921, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,176 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
Omen's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Omen compares
41 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Omen's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Omen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Omen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Omen's full recorded timeline at 2023, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Omen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Omen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 85% of the file).
2020s was Omen's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Omen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (85% of all-time use).
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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, 1921–2025 (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 Omen 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.