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
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 82 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,939since 1880
Ona over time
Rank among girls' names. Ona has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 56 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,278 | 51 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,042 | 66 | — | |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 | — | |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | — | |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 | — | |
| 1941 | #918 | 64 | — | |
| 1940 | #862 | 68 | — | |
| 1939 | #785 | 76 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #840 | 71 | — | |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 | — | |
| 1936 | #711 | 88 | — | |
| 1935 | #741 | 83 | — | |
| 1934 | #597 | 120 | — | |
| 1933 | #745 | 78 | — | |
| 1932 | #678 | 99 | — | |
| 1931 | #602 | 121 | — | |
| 1930 | #664 | 107 | — | |
| 1929 | #597 | 131 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #658 | 113 | — | |
| 1927 | #593 | 143 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #627 | 130 | — | |
| 1925 | #568 | 159 | — | |
| 1924 | #587 | 157 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #607 | 144 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #586 | 150 | — | |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #565 | 161 | — | |
| 1919 | #538 | 163 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #540 | 169 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #486 | 182 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #468 | 185 | — | |
| 1915 | #476 | 168 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #494 | 127 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #443 | 124 | — | |
| 1912 | #485 | 97 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #477 | 75 | — | |
| 1910 | #406 | 94 | — | |
| 1909 | #453 | 68 | — | |
| 1908 | #399 | 83 | — | |
| 1907 | #385 | 85 | — | |
| 1906 | #413 | 68 | — | |
| 1905 | #387 | 76 | — | |
| 1904 | #385 | 73 | — | |
| 1903 | #432 | 54 | — | |
| 1902 | #370 | 74 | — | |
| 1901 | #344 | 79 | — | |
| 1900 | #386 | 75 | — | |
| 1899 | #344 | 75 | — | |
| 1898 | #359 | 76 | — | |
| 1897 | #348 | 71 | — | |
| 1896 | #365 | 63 | — | |
| 1895 | #346 | 66 | — | |
| 1894 | #345 | 64 | — | |
| 1893 | #300 | 82 | — | |
| 1892 | #330 | 65 | — | |
| 1891 | #317 | 63 | — | |
| 1890 | #343 | 56 | — | |
| 1889 | #341 | 53 | — | |
| 1888 | #314 | 58 | — | |
| 1887 | #310 | 47 | — | |
| 1886 | #311 | 45 | — | |
| 1885 | #348 | 33 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #304 | 40 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | — | |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
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.
Where Ona is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#229 · 1 in 1,291
- Oklahoma#250 · 1 in 1,373
- Arkansas#264 · 1 in 1,500
- Tennessee#273 · 1 in 1,978
- Texas#331 · 1 in 1,834
Best ever in a state: #160 in Oklahoma, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #229 | 5 | 1 in 1,291 |
| Oklahoma | #250 | 17 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Arkansas | #264 | 13 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Tennessee | #273 | 13 | 1 in 1,978 |
| Texas | #331 | 27 | 1 in 1,834 |
| West Virginia | #341 | 6 | 1 in 2,927 |
| Missouri | #369 | 9 | 1 in 3,415 |
| California | #402 | 6 | 1 in 3,842 |
| Mississippi | #436 | 5 | 1 in 3,858 |
| North Carolina | #462 | 6 | 1 in 5,652 |
| Kentucky | #482 | 5 | 1 in 5,406 |
| Alabama | #484 | 5 | 1 in 5,353 |
| Georgia | #529 | 5 | 1 in 6,866 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ona
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #300 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
- 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%)
- 18.2% of all girls named Ona (1,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 362 | #304 (1884) | #343 |
| 1890s | 681 | #300 (1893) | #340 |
| 1900s | 735 | #344 (1901) | #395 |
| 1910s | 1,384 | #406 (1910) | #481 |
| 1920s | 1,448 | #565 (1920) | #595 |
| 1930s | 920 | #597 (1934) | #714 |
| 1940s | 601 | #862 (1940) | #1,083 |
| 1950s | 451 | #1,116 (1951) | #1,591 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,835 (1960) | #2,512 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,506 (1973) | #3,182 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,898 (1982) | #5,743 |
| 1990s | 128 | #4,868 (1990) | #7,320 |
| 2000s | 147 | #6,576 (2003) | #7,858 |
| 2010s | 301 | #3,788 (2019) | #4,850 |
| 2020s | 154 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 6,850 of them was named Ona, which outranked 90.3% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #537Joanne171
- #538Camilla170
- #538Eleanora170
- #540Ona169
- #540Adell169
- #540Belva169
- #540Mazie169
- #544Maryann168
- #545Veda167
- #546Theodora166
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 92,135 of them was named Ona, which outranked 47.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,398Worthy12
- #2,398Yutaka12
- #2,398Zebedee12
- #2,543Ona11
- #2,543Abron11
- #2,543Acey11
- #2,543Alison11
- #2,699Adams10
- #2,699Aldine10
- #2,699Alfonza10
Tied with 155 names at #2,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.