Ohemaa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-HEH-maa
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Ohemaa is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Ohemaa mean?
Akan
“queen”
From the Akan word for a queen or queen mother, an important female ruler in Asante and other Akan states.
Is Ohemaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Ohemaa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ohemaa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Ohemaa, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ohemaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Ohemaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Ohemaa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Ohemaa, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Ohemaa in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ohemaa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Ohemaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Nusaybah Ayra Safaa Hafsa Safiya Amira Rumaysa Irha Ruqayyah Khadija
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Kwame Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ohemaa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ohemaa, updated 20 October 2026.