Omen — #9061 US boys' name
36 babies named Omen in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
83% of everyone ever named Omen was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Omen in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Omen
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Omen between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Omen currently holds the #9061 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Omen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Omen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Omen 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 36 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.
Omen at a glance
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Current rank
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Omen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #9061 among boys.
36 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 9 births in a single year.
Omen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 30 births that decade — 83% of Omen's all-time total
Omen decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Omen's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
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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, 1921–2024 (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.