Girls' name · since 1968
Onika
Onika has 691 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 691
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
691 babies have been named Onika since 1968, making it today's #8983 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onika has been recorded 691 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #8983 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #9,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,983 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 691 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onika ranks #9,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,983 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 691 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 691
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Onika's 691 recorded births place it above 86.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Onika compares
691 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Onika's all-time total is 84% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Onika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 691 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Onika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Onika's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Onika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Onika by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (161 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Onika's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Onika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
161 births
- 1980s
1980s
103 births
- 1990s
1990s
136 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 161 births (23% of all-time use).
How Onika compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Onika's total volume
Onika by state
Where Onika concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 38 | 5.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
38 of 691 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Onika's data
- Onika's decade-level peak was the 1970s (161 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Onikas (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Onika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Onika 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.