Girls' name · since 1927
Onna
656 babies named Onna in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 656
- born since 1927
- 2010s
- peak decade
656 babies have been named Onna since 1927, making it today's #8427 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onna has been recorded 656 times among girls since 1927, currently ranked #8427 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2025.
- #9,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,427 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 656 born since 1927
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onna ranks #9,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,427 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 656 born since 1927, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 656
- born since 1927
- 2010s
- peak decade
Onna's 656 recorded births place it above 86.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Onna compares
656 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Onna's all-time total is 74% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Onna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 656 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Onna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Onna's full recorded timeline at 1994, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Onna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
Onna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (166 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Onna's strongest decade.
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Onna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 63
1960s
63 births
- 1970s 52
1970s
52 births
- 1980s 56
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s 66
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 166 births (25% of all-time use).
How Onna 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 Onna's total volume
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What to do with Onna's data
- Onna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (166 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Onna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~98 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, 1927–2025 (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 Onna 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.