Om
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sacred syllable representing ultimate reality.
Babies a year
96
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1705
15 babies
Om by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Om. In the US, 96 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 153 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Om. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Om, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)