girls:
2.2k births since 1893
#3690 (35th percentile)
boys:
753 births since 1916
#3834 (16th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1893
#5013 (35th percentile)
The name Omega is the #5,013 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,923 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 35.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,690 (35.4% percentile) for all time with 2,170 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #3,834 (16.3% percentile) for all time with 753 births since 1916.
Omega first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Omega is available in 124 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023 (123 years for girls and 60 years for boys). 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.
The name Omega has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 22.0% of babies named Omega were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (87.1% girls from 1893 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.4% boys from 2006 to 2023).
For girls, Omega reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #569) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 44 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Omega ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Omega reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #870) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Omega ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 64.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Omega".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Omega. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.8% confident that Omega is pronounced as oh-MEH-guh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-MAY-guh, at 25.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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