Gender
Female
Origin
- Arabic
- Commanding
Mother, people, nation - German
- Grandmother, probably derived from the Latin meaning
- Hebrew
- Reverent, devoted
- Irish
- The color of olive
- Latin
- Mother and another name for the Roman fertility goddess Bona Dea
Syllables
2
Pronunciation
o-ma
Popularity in the USA
- Boys: peak in 1923 (rank #2616, 11 births); most recent 1976 (rank #5582, 5 births)
- Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #388, 284 births); most recent 2018 (rank #15678, 5 births)
| Year | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – |
| 2024 | – | – |
| 2023 | – | – |
| 2022 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2019 | – | – |
| 2018 | – | 5 |
| 2017 | – | 9 |
| 2016 | – | 5 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data