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Oma

Rooted in Arabic, Oma is a girl's name that means "Also Arabic feminine of Omar". It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Since 1900, roughly 8,515 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

GermanGerman – "grandmother"
ArabicAlso Arabic feminine of Omar
Births by decade
1900s
1,250
1910s
2,140
1920s
2,301
1930s
1,360
1940s
722
1950s
391
1960s
159
1970s
98
1980s
38
1990s
26
2000s
16
2010s
14
Peaked in the 1920s · 8,515 total U.S. births since 1900