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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ona has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
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.
Where Ona is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kentucky#252 · 1 in 1,584
- West Virginia#291 · 1 in 2,218
- Missouri#303 · 1 in 2,521
- Virginia#328 · 1 in 3,255
- Oklahoma#353 · 1 in 2,501
Best ever in a state: #160 in Oklahoma, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #252 | 18 | 1 in 1,584 |
| West Virginia | #291 | 9 | 1 in 2,218 |
| Missouri | #303 | 12 | 1 in 2,521 |
| Virginia | #328 | 8 | 1 in 3,255 |
| Oklahoma | #353 | 10 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Tennessee | #392 | 7 | 1 in 3,879 |
| Texas | #575 | 12 | 1 in 4,983 |
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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
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
| 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 1926
girls
#627
130 births · 1 in 9,118 girls
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 9,118 of them was named Ona, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Ona
- #624Carmel131
- #624Georgianna131
- #624Theodora131
- #627Ona130
- #627Myrtice130
- #627Ofelia130
- #627Sammie130
- #631Andrea129
- #631Ardith129
- #631Cassie129
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.