Omeka
Omeka is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. As a web application, it allows users to publish and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins.
Meaning & Origin of Omeka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Omeka is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. As a web application, it allows users to publish and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins.
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The Story of Omeka
Omeka first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1976: 16 births, good for #3,963 nationwide. About 75% of every Omeka on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Omeka last appeared in the published SSA data in 1988, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 106 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Omeka
Omeka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 106 births in the dataset. Omeka's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #3,963. Use the chart and map above to compare Omeka's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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