Onell — unisex name
62 babies named Onell in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Onell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Onell in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Onell
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Onell between 1921 and 1944, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Onell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Onell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Onell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Onell 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 62 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.
Onell at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Onell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1921
- Peak year (1934)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
62 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 9 births in a single year.
Onell popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1914 (Onell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Onell accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Onell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 40 births that decade — 65% of Onell's all-time total
Onell decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Onell's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.