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Omega

#16,646 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Omega has been given to 3,004 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #16,646 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1925, with 50 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Omega, 2025

1 in 663,000

Omega over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Omega over time

In 2025, Omega went to 16% girls and 84% boys.

18932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Omega: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Omega means

Omega is a given name.

The naming story behind Omega

Wikidata records Omega as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q131000816, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,186 girls were recorded with the name Omega between 1893 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,005 in 1893.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,384 in 2020 to #16,646 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,444 in 2015 to #16,646 in 2025.

In the United States, 818 boys were recorded with the name Omega between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,545 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,791 in 2020 to #4,015 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,414 in 2015 to #4,015 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Omega?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,646
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Omega sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Omega. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Omegas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Omega was born before 1950 — so the typical Omega is around 75 today.

Median birth year
1950
About 75 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
17.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,095
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1920s — 17.1% of all recorded uses (373).

Is Omega rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−7,240
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−7,262
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,798
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.0%
Peak was 1925 (50)
Years since peak
100
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,005
1893

Spellings of Omega

Omega is not the most common spelling — Megan is, with 79.8% against Omega's 0.40%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Omega is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Omega was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 227,142 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 50,000
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in —
  5. 5Arkansas1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Mississippi1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Omega has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Omega is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Omega was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 717,951 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Tennessee1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Omega has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Omega around the world

Where Omega ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2013
    #5,742
    in 2013
  • France
    1994–2010
    #7,315
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Omega by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,646
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7,262
Best rank ever
#1,005
1893
Peak year
1925
50 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,186
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,015
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,224
Best rank ever
#2,545
2019
Peak year
2019
52 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
818
Count in 2025
27

Names similar to Omega

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

OmeliaVegaOmekaOmeraOmerOmeshaOmedaMegaOmetaOmekiaTsegaOmeshiaOmeriaOmeisha

Names with a curve like Omega

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Omega, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

OneidaAugustinaGenovevaRosariaCorrinneArlenaCelestaMichelinaLorenzaMauriceFelipaDomenica

Sibling names for Omega

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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