Onita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Onita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,162 babies named Onita between 1899 and 1981, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Onita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Onita in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onita 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 1,162 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.