Oniel — #9934 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Oniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 246 babies named Oniel between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oniel currently holds the #9934 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oniel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Oniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oniel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oniel 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 246 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.