Girls' name · since 1973
Oni
275 babies named Oni in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 275
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Oni sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 275 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Oni recorded 275 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2023.
- #16,675 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 275 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oni ranks #16,675 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 275
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Oni's 275 recorded births place it above 76.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Oni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oni splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2023
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Oni popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 2020 (Oni as boys' name)
Oni by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Oni's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Oni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Oni's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- 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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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, 1973–2023 (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 Oni 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.