Ona

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 98.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1893 · 82 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,939
since 1880

Ona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ona has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #300, 1893girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#4,66929
2023#4,74628
2022#4,79328
2021#4,96426
2020#5,48722
2019#3,78839
2018#4,00136
2017#4,57630
2016#4,15735
2015#3,84239
2014#4,35033
2013#6,25520
2012#5,71023
2011#4,91528
2010#6,90418
2009#7,67916
2008#7,07318
2007#7,09218
2006#10,61110
2005#6,82017
2004#6,76817
2003#6,57617
2002#8,28012
2001#10,1029
2000#7,58013
1999#10,3458
1998#6,71914
1997#10,8367
1996#8,8129
1995#5,95815
1994#5,71316
1993#7,03812
1992#7,51211
1991#5,39917
1990#4,86819
1989#10,8476
1988#5,32115
1987#9,8256
1986#4,34718
1985#4,63516
1984#4,73715
1983#5,82411
1982#3,89820
1981#4,00519
1980#3,99219
1979#4,05218
1978#3,28323
1977#3,76119
1976#4,36314
1975#2,51631
1974#3,00823
1973#2,50629
1972#2,74725
1971#2,80125
1970#2,77925
1969#3,10219
1968#2,70822
1967#2,49224
1966#2,40725
1965#2,24728
1964#3,24416
1963#2,36426
1962#2,35726
1961#2,35926
1960#1,83538
1959#2,51721
1958#1,98531
1957#1,65242
1956#1,66241
1955#1,51645
1954#1,34455
1953#1,58638
1952#1,26956
1951#1,11669
1950#1,25953
1949#1,27851
1948#1,57635
1947#1,37745
1946#1,04266
1945#95465
1944#95366
1943#1,00662
1942#86479
1941#91864
1940#86268
1939#78576#3,4805
1938#84071
1937#77877
1936#71188
1935#74183
1934#597120
1933#74578
1932#67899
1931#602121
1930#664107
1929#597131#2,7669
1928#658113
1927#593143#3,7806
1926#627130
1925#568159
1924#587157#3,8676
1923#607144#4,2395
1922#586150
1921#566160#3,8696
1920#565161
1919#538163#4,1685
1918#540169#2,54311
1917#486182#2,7329
1916#468185
1915#476168#2,18412
1914#494127#3,2645
1913#443124
1912#48597#1,8858
1911#47775
1910#40694
1909#45368
1908#39983
1907#38585
1906#41368
1905#38776
1904#38573
1903#43254
1902#37074
1901#34479
1900#38675
1899#34475
1898#35976
1897#34871
1896#36563
1895#34666
1894#34564
1893#30082
1892#33065
1891#31763
1890#34356
1889#34153
1888#31458
1887#31047
1886#31145
1885#34833#9365
1884#30440
1883#35426
1882#43118
1881#36021
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ona was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ona
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,053 spots since 2024 (#4,669#5,722)
  • 235 spots since 2020 (#5,487#5,722)
  • 1,880 spots since 2015 (#3,842#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1934 (#745#597)
  • Biggest drop: 144 spots in 1935 (#597#741)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #300 (82 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,596
  • Highest: 1 in 2,596 girls born in 1893 were named Ona (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.2% of all girls named Ona (1,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s362#304 (1884)#343
1890s681#300 (1893)#340
1900s735#344 (1901)#395
1910s1,384#406 (1910)#481
1920s1,448#565 (1920)#595
1930s920#597 (1934)#714
1940s601#862 (1940)#1,083
1950s451#1,116 (1951)#1,591
1960s250#1,835 (1960)#2,512
1970s232#2,506 (1973)#3,182
1980s145#3,898 (1982)#5,743
1990s128#4,868 (1990)#7,320
2000s147#6,576 (2003)#7,858
2010s301#3,788 (2019)#4,850
2020s154#4,669 (2024)#5,064

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ona in 1917

girls
#486
182 births · 1 in 5,941 girls
boys
#2,732
9 births · 1 in 102,831 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #486Ona182

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,732Ona9
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,941 of them was named Ona, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ona
  1. #482Cassie185
  2. #482Hortense185
  3. #485Magdalene183
  4. #486Ona182
  5. #486James182
  6. #486Lorine182
  7. #486Valerie182
  8. #490Queen181
  9. #490Rhea181
  10. #492Ava180

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 102,831 of them was named Ona, which outranked 40.6% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ona
  1. #2,562Zelma10
  2. #2,562Zolton10
  3. #2,562Zygmund10
  4. #2,732Ona9
  5. #2,732Adair9
  6. #2,732Alba9
  7. #2,732Aldred9
  8. #2,956Able8
  9. #2,956Adalbert8
  10. #2,956Addis8

Tied with 223 names at #2,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917