Omid — #8451 US boys' name
780 babies named Omid in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Omid was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Omid in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Omid
The Social Security Administration has registered 780 babies named Omid between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Omid currently holds the #8451 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Omid performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Omid shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Omid in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Omid 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 780 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.
Omid at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Omid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1987)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #8451 among boys.
780 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 30 births in a single year.
Omid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 213 births that decade — 27% of Omid's all-time total
Omid decade highlights
- Peak decade 213 births
- Runner-up 195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Omid's strongest decade
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Omid by state
Where Omid concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 300 | 38.5% |
300 of 780 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 38.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 38.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1973–2024 (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.