Omid
Masculine · “hope”
Omid is the Persian word for hope, and it is one of a set of abstract nouns that modern Iranian naming took directly.
How old is the name Omid?
Omid first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Omid alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 800 people named Omid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Omid most popular?
Omid peaked in 1987, reaching #2020 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 2,376 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Omid
Iranian naming in the twentieth century turned deliberately toward Persian words and pre-Islamic names, away from the Arabic stock that had dominated since the conquest — Omid, Arash, Kourosh, Roya and Sina all belong to that turn. Omid is simply the word for hope and carries no religious marking, which was part of the point. It reaches American records with Iranian families.
Meaning
hope
From Persian omid or umid, hope or expectation; the word is ordinary in modern Persian and appears in poetry constantly. It has no religious element, which distinguishes it from much of the older Iranian naming stock.
Pronouncing Omid
oh-MEED
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say OH-mid.
Nicknames for Omid
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 198730 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2020reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- +155.6%23 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Omid in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Omid in Persian — same name
- Umid in Persian — spelling variant
- Ümid in Azerbaijani — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Omids among us
people named Omid are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Omid
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yates test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Omid's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yates climbed just as high around 1923, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yates's path sketches the road Omid is walking now.
Omid sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Omid beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Omid in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is as good and plain as a meaning gets.
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Very widely used in Iran, so it has a large community behind it.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- It is close to Omar and Ahmed in an American ear.
- It is entirely unfamiliar outside Iranian communities in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Omids are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Omid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Omid in 2025?
- Omid ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Omid?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Omid — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Omid with classmates?
- Omid will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Omid
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