Omie
Feminine
Omie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 1,157 girls against 10 boys since 1880.
There is a ballad about a woman called Omie Wise, and it is about a real murder. A young woman in North Carolina was drowned in a creek by a man who had promised to marry her; the song was being sung within a generation and is still sung, and the court records exist.
How old is the name Omie?
Omie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Omie alive today was born around 1919, making them about 106 years old. About 200 people named Omie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Omie most popular?
Omie peaked in 1883, reaching #692 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Naomi to Omie
The story of Omie
The killing happened at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The man was arrested, escaped, was recaptured years later and never convicted; the woman was buried in a churchyard that still has her stone. The song appeared soon afterwards and traveled, and it is one of a small number of American murder ballads that can be matched to a documented case, which is what makes it valuable to historians as well as to singers. It has been recorded dozens of times over the last century, usually slowly and in a way that makes the plainness of the words do the work. The name in the title is the pet form the family used.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name is a southern American pet form and the full name cannot be recovered with certainty. Naomi is the likeliest parent and the woman in the ballad was christened that; other candidates exist. A shortening that removes the front of a name removes the part that identifies it.
How the name formed
- Naomi
- Omie
Pronouncing Omie
OH-mee
Two syllables with the stress at the front and a long first vowel, since a single consonant between vowels leaves it long. The name it comes from stresses the middle syllable, so the clipping changes the shape entirely.
Nicknames for Omie
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 191835 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #692reached in 1883
- Change vs 1963
- 0.0%5 in 2023, from 5
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.
Omies among us
people named Omie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Omie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short, warm and easy for a small child to say and to write.
- It works for a child of either sex, which the record confirms.
- A long formal name sits behind it if one is ever wanted.
- The record carries it for boys as well as girls, so it signals nothing on a form.
- The ballad is well known in folk circles and the association is not a cheerful one.
- It is strongly dated to the nineteenth century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Omies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Omie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Omie in 2025?
- Omie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Omie with classmates?
- Omie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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