boys:
2.2k births since 1983
#2694 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1983
#5605 (28th percentile)
The name Om is the #5,605 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,187 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 27.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,694 (41.2% percentile) for all time with 2,187 births since 1983.
Om first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for boys in 1983). Birth data for Om is available in 27 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Om reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 16.3% percentile (ranked #759) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 70 births per million (ranked 16.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Om ranks #852 for boys (6.5% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 49.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Om".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Om. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.9% confident that Om is pronounced as ohm, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is awm, at 36.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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