Onawa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Onawa

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Onawa between 1975 and 2015, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onawa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onawa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Onawa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onawa 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 22 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.