Recorded 1980–2001 Girls' name Peak 1980 66 births

Omesha — girls' name

66 babies named Omesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s181990s362000s12
1990s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Omesha was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

8 babies were named Omesha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Omesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Omesha between 1980 and 2001, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Omesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Omesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Omesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Omesha 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 66 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.

Omesha at a glance

Last recorded 2001

Total births

66

Since 1980

22 years of records

Peak year

1980

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2001

Active since

1980

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2001

Omesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1980

Last recorded 2001
Peak year (1980)
8
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
456789 20012000199719961995199419931991198519831980 8

Omesha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
36 births that decade — 55% of Omesha's all-time total
1980s181990s362000s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Omesha?
66 babies have been named Omesha since 1980. It was last recorded in 2001. The peak year was 1980 with 8 births.
When was Omesha most popular?
Omesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Omesha been used?
Omesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 22 years of data through 2001.
What names are similar to Omesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Omega, Omelia, Omeka, Omer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2001 (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.