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.
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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 6,933 of them was named Ona, which outranked 90.3% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Ona, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.