Ona
Ona was given to 21 girls in 2025, #5,867 among girls’ names; 8,031 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,200 Americans named Ona and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 23 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ona by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ona?
#5,867 among girls’ names, 2025
Ona fell from #3,902 in 2015 to #5,867 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 21.8 to 13.1 per million.
191 babies in 1917, the peak
Ona peaked in 1917, when 191 babies were given it (182 girls, #488 among girls’ names). The 21 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,867 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,743 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,838 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,873 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 26 | #5,057 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,610 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,833 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,057 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,666 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,215 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,902 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,428 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,415 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,846 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 28 | #5,021 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,142 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,972 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,324 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,326 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,216 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #7,065 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 17 | #7,014 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,811 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,682 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,778 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,918 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,104 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,987 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,747 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,359 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,171 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,904 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,348 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,875 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,585 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 19 | #5,000 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,892 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,515 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,841 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,484 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,798 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,899 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,095 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,983 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,116 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,098 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,166 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,354 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,871 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,524 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,549 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,065 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,548 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,805 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,851 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,835 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,168 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,769 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,538 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,439 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,283 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,344 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,397 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,396 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 31 | #2,012 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,673 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 51 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,045 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 65 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 66 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 79 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 64 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 68 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 76 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 71 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 77 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 88 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 83 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 120 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 78 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 99 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 121 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 107 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 131 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 113 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 143 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 130 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 159 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 157 | #590 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 144 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 150 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 160 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 161 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 163 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 169 | #543 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 182 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 185 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 168 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 127 | #496 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 124 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 97 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 75 | #480 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 94 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 68 | #455 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 83 | #402 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 85 | #386 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 68 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 76 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1904 | 73 | #390 | 0.27 |
| 1903 | 54 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 74 | #372 | 0.28 |
| 1901 | 79 | #345 | 0.33 |
| 1900 | 75 | #386 | 0.25 |
| 1899 | 75 | #345 | 0.32 |
| 1898 | 76 | #360 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 71 | #350 | 0.30 |
| 1896 | 63 | #367 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 66 | #348 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 64 | #347 | 0.29 |
| 1893 | 82 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1892 | 65 | #331 | 0.31 |
| 1891 | 63 | #318 | 0.34 |
| 1890 | 56 | #346 | 0.29 |
| 1889 | 53 | #344 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 58 | #316 | 0.32 |
| 1887 | 47 | #313 | 0.32 |
| 1886 | 45 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1885 | 33 | #350 | 0.25 |
| 1884 | 40 | #313 | 0.31 |
| 1883 | 26 | #365 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 18 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 21 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1880 | 21 | #363 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ona a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,031 Americans recorded as Ona, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 21 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ona: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ona, and how old are they?
2,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 27% of the 8,031 Americans ever recorded as Ona. The median Ona alive today is 58 years old; half are between 23 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 2,487 people named Ona (2,423 women and girls, 64 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,494 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 408 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 589 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 342 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 219 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 243 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 384 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ona born?
The states with the most babies named Ona are Texas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 567 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Kentucky | 265 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Oklahoma | 259 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Arkansas | 207 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Tennessee | 204 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| West Virginia | 187 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Missouri | 159 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 84 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Mississippi | 72 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 72 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Ona is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ona is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ona with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 13,591 babies since 1880, Ona is the most given (59% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 135 babies (16%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ona
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ona and names like it
- Compare Ona and OnieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOna peaked in 1917.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ona since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Ona.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ona alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.