Onalee — #7598 US girls' name
999 babies named Onalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Onalee was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Onalee in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Onalee
The Social Security Administration has registered 999 babies named Onalee between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onalee currently holds the #7598 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Onalee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Onalee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Onalee in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Onalee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 999 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Onalee at a glance
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Current rank
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Onalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (1928)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #7598 among girls.
999 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 35 births in a single year.
Onalee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 246 births that decade — 25% of Onalee's all-time total
Onalee decade highlights
- Peak decade 246 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Onalee's strongest decade
246 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Onalee by state
Where Onalee concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 249 | 24.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 37 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
249 of 999 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 24.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 24.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.