Girls' name · since 1983
Oneisha
251 babies named Oneisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Oneisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 251 recorded since 1983.
Oneisha has 251 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2002.
- #17,564 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 251 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oneisha ranks #17,564 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 251 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Oneisha's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Oneisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oneisha splits its recorded history at 1997: 25% of all births land in the more recent half, 75% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oneisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2002
- Peak year (1994)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Oneisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (229 births, 91% of the file).
1990s was Oneisha's strongest decade.
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Oneisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
229 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 229 births (91% of all-time use).
Oneisha by state
Where Oneisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 13 | 5.2% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 10 | 4.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
13 of 251 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Oneisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (229 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Oneishas (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oneisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Oneisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.