Girls' name · since 1913
Onia
92 babies named Onia in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 92 have been recorded since 1913.
Onia has 92 recorded births among girls since 1913, 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 1913 to 2010.
- #28,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onia ranks #28,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onia's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Onia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Onia's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Onia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2010
- Peak year (1922)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2010.
92 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 8 births in a single year.
Onia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (31 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Onia's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Onia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 31 births (34% of all-time use).
Onia decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Onia's data
- Onia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Onia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~97 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, 1913–2010 (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 Onia 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.
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