Onika — #9667 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Onika

The Social Security Administration has registered 680 babies named Onika between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onika currently holds the #9667 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Onika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Onika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onika 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 680 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.