Ohm
Boy · OHM · Sanskrit
Ohm is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the sacred syllable Om”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ohm mean?
Sanskrit: probably a spelling of Om, the sacred syllable
“the sacred syllable Om”
Om is the sacred sound chanted in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain prayer; the ohm, a unit of resistance, honours physicist Georg Ohm.
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Is Ohm a girl's or a boy's name?
Ohm is a boys' name.
How popular is Ohm in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Ohm in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ohm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Ohm
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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