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Ona

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Ona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. Its best rank was 303rd, in 1893.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
290.00% of girls
Peak year
1916185 births
Best rank
#303in 1893
Since 1880
7,917people given the name
Babies named Ona, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

7,917 girls have been named Ona in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 185 births.

The name has all but left use: 29 births in 2024, against 185 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Ona
1880s362
1890s681
1900s735
1910s1,384
1920s1,448
1930s920
1940s601
1950s451
1960s250
1970s232
1980s145
1990s128
2000s147
2010s300
2020s133

In 1916, its biggest year

Ona was the 468th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.

Names that rose and fell with Ona

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.