Onesimus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Onesimus

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Onesimus between 1982 and 2020, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Onesimus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onesimus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Onesimus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onesimus 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 50 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.