Names/O

Om

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Om is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 68 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
680.00% of boys
Peak year
2008153 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1983
2,255people given the name
Babies named Om, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,255 boys have been named Om in the United States since 1983, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 153 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2000s alone account for 43%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Om
1980s5
1990s17
2000s968
2010s920
2020s345

In 2008, its biggest year

Om was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Om

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.