Onie

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #12,070 · Last seen for boys in 1955 at #3,505
Given to girls 86.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 16 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,786
since 1880

Onie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #480, 1883peak #1,002, 1898girlsboys
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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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1997#12,0706
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1980#9,0956
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1970#7,9955
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1963#6,5925
1962#6,5785
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1958#6,1035
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1956#4,1619
1955#4,7407#3,5056
1954#3,49011
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1952#4,9086#3,3736
1951#3,7145
1950
1949#2,72614
1948#2,70114
1947#3,44810#3,3706
1946#3,03411
1945#4,0256
1944#2,28715#3,4305
1943#2,25116
1942#2,41614#3,2126
1941#2,53212#2,6568
1940#2,73710
1939#2,12515
1938#2,11315#3,1756
1937#1,78419#3,1756
1936#1,95016#3,5495
1935#1,60622#3,2526
1934#1,91317#3,6795
1933#1,97016#3,6425
1932#1,75420
1931#1,75020#2,8648
1930#1,66123#3,0228
1929#1,59824
1928#1,73823#3,6976
1927#1,42332#3,4517
1926#1,54128#3,3857
1925#1,27238
1924#1,47532#3,8676
1923#1,42832#2,77210
1922#1,20741#2,80110
1921#1,11547#2,50212
1920#1,23339#1,74720
1919#1,05747#2,8779
1918#89464#3,7286
1917#1,11041#2,18813
1916#1,01346#3,5166
1915#94449#2,07013
1914#1,05932#2,10110
1913#90135#1,58012
1912#1,05524#2,5445
1911#80129#1,7405
1910#71035#1,3147
1909#74729
1908#61738
1907#72627
1906#79321
1905#64230#1,2335
1904#53738
1903#86216
1902#84917
1901#60327
1900#65629#1,1626
1899#53731
1898#75020#1,0026
1897#53031#1,0575
1896#65123
1895#54729
1894#60923
1893#53527
1892#51028
1891#58920
1890#54823
1889#54322
1888#51224
1887#63313
1886#55616
1885#54216
1884#50117
1883#48016
1882#53012
1881#6238
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Onie was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Onie is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #433 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,382 girlsARTennessee: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #483 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,375 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #424 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,643 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Onie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#424 · 1 in 4,643
  2. Arkansas#433 · 1 in 3,382
  3. Tennessee#460 · 1 in 5,175
  4. Mississippi#483 · 1 in 4,375

Best ever in a state: #272 in Mississippi, 1918.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#42481 in 4,643
Arkansas#43361 in 3,382
Tennessee#46051 in 5,175
Mississippi#48351 in 4,375
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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 Onie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1904 (#862#537)
  • Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1912 (#801#1,055)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #480 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,020
  • Highest: 1 in 7,020 girls born in 1883 were named Onie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 290,118 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Onie (402) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1952
  • Mostly boys until 1951, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s151#480 (1883)#560
1890s255#510 (1892)#581
1900s272#537 (1904)#703
1910s402#710 (1910)#954
1920s336#1,115 (1921)#1,403
1930s183#1,606 (1935)#1,863
1940s122#2,251 (1943)#2,816
1950s38#3,490 (1954)#4,680
1960s10#6,578 (1962)#6,585
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995
1980s6#9,095 (1980)#9,095
1990s6#12,070 (1997)#12,070

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.

Onie in 1919

girls
#1,057
47 births · 1 in 24,045 girls
boys
#2,877
9 births · 1 in 108,902 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. #1,057Onie47

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. #2,877Onie9
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 24,045 of them was named Onie, which outranked 81.0% 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 Onie
  1. #1,042Phillis48
  2. #1,042Sigrid48
  3. #1,042Willene48
  4. #1,057Onie47
  5. #1,057Amie47
  6. #1,057Arletta47
  7. #1,057Bernetta47
  8. #1,075Arlie46
  9. #1,075Atha46
  10. #1,075Cathleen46

Tied with 17 names at #1,057; 3 shown. 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 108,902 of them was named Onie, which outranked 40.2% 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 Onie
  1. #2,665Ysidro10
  2. #2,665Zenas10
  3. #2,665Zygmont10
  4. #2,877Onie9
  5. #2,877Abbie9
  6. #2,877Abelino9
  7. #2,877Adelaido9
  8. #3,115Abbott8
  9. #3,115Abron8
  10. #3,115Adair8

Tied with 237 names at #2,877; 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