Oneita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oneita

The Social Security Administration has registered 869 babies named Oneita between 1895 and 1964, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oneita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oneita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Oneita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Oneita in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oneita 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 869 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.