Oneka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oneka

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Oneka between 1970 and 1996, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oneka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oneka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oneka 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 125 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.