Girls' name · since 1998
Onesty
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 189 babies named Onesty, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
189 babies have been named Onesty since 1998, making it today's #11387 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onesty has been recorded 189 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #11387 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,387 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 189 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onesty ranks #20,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,387 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 189 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,387 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Onesty's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Onesty compares
189 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Onesty's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Onesty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 189 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Onesty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Onesty splits its recorded history at 2011: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Onesty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Onesty by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (68 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Onesty's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Onesty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 68 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Onesty's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- 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 Onesty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Onesty 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.