Girls' name · since 1914
Onella
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Onella, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 1914.
Onella has 48 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2017.
- #35,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onella ranks #35,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #35,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onella's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Onella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Onella's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Onella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2017
- Peak year (1921)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Onella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 54% of the file).
1920s was Onella's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Onella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Onella's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Onella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1914–2017 (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 Onella 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.