Onnie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 62.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,079since 1886
Onnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Onnie! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Onnie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 635 spots in 1898 (#1,555 → #920)
- Biggest drop: 731 spots in 1908 (#945 → #1,676)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1901 at #918 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1904–1905
- Highest: 1 in 18,357 girls born in 1904 were named Onnie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #918 in 1901, was only 1 in 18,411 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all girls named Onnie (263) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #937 (1887) | #1,023 |
| 1890s | 50 | #920 (1898) | #1,320 |
| 1900s | 105 | #918 (1901) | #1,166 |
| 1910s | 204 | #1,229 (1913) | #1,474 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,403 (1922) | #1,647 |
| 1930s | 172 | #1,547 (1938) | #2,008 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,149 (1945) | #2,867 |
| 1950s | 98 | #2,909 (1950) | #3,896 |
| 1960s | 24 | #4,272 (1963) | #4,945 |
| 1970s | 13 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,735 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,242 (2009) | #15,242 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
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.
Onnie in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
girls
234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 46,840 of them was named Onnie, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 244 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Onnie, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).