Recorded 1971–2014 Girls' name Peak 1998 259 births

Onica — girls' name

259 babies named Onica in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s511980s731990s292000s812010s25
2000s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Onica was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

13 babies were named Onica in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Onica

The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Onica between 1971 and 2014, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onica performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Onica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Onica in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onica 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 259 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.

Onica at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

259

Since 1971

44 years of records

Peak year

1998

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1971

Recorded for 44 years

Last year on file: 2014

Onica popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1971

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1998)
13
Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
468101214 20142007200219921985197919741971 7

Onica by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
81 births that decade — 31% of Onica's all-time total
1970s511980s731990s292000s812010s25

Onica by state

Where Onica concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Onica
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
17 6.6%
California share of Onica's total US births 6.6%

17 of 259 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Onica?
259 babies have been named Onica since 1971. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1998 with 13 births.
When was Onica most popular?
Onica was most popular in the 2000s decade with 81 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Onica most popular?
The top states for the name Onica are California (17 births).
How long has the name Onica been used?
Onica has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 44 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Onica?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Onie, Onita, Onika, Oni, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.