Onelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Onelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Onelia between 1897 and 2022, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onelia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Onelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Onelia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onelia 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 139 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.