Omega
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- oh-MAY-guh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Omega is a name of Greek origin, meaning “great O; the last”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Omega mean?
Greek: the last letter of the Greek alphabet
“great O; the last”
In the Book of Revelation God is 'the Alpha and the Omega', the beginning and the end.
Is Omega a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Omega has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Omega in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Omega, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916. 5 girls were also named Omega in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Omega than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Omega in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1916, 83% of the babies named Omega in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 16%, with more boys than girls since 2015.
Omega in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Omega
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Orion Ezra Apollo Santana Adonis Oliver Evander Nico Atreus Adriel Mateo
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Omega: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omega, updated 20 October 2026.