Oneta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oneta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,465 babies named Oneta between 1893 and 1972, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oneta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 502 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Oneta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 312 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Oneta in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oneta 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 1,465 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.