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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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 1919

girls
#538
163 births · 1 in 6,933 girls
boys
#4,168
5 births · 1 in 196,024 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #538Ona163

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #4,168Ona5
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).

Ranked beside Ona
  1. #534George164
  2. #534Maybelle164
  3. #534Veda164
  4. #538Ona163
  5. #538Mazie163
  6. #540Freddie162
  7. #540Maud162
  8. #542Katheryn161

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

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

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).

Ranked beside Ona
  1. #3,736Zelma6
  2. #3,736Zigmunt6
  3. #3,736Zora6
  4. #4,168Ona5
  5. #4,168Aarne5
  6. #4,168Able5
  7. #4,168Alba5

Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919