Girls' name · since 1917
Onnalee
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Onnalee, peaking in 1931. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onnalee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 31 have been recorded since 1917.
Onnalee has 31 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2019.
- #40,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onnalee ranks #40,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #40,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Onnalee's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Onnalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Onnalee's full recorded timeline at 1931, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Onnalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2019
- Peak year (1931)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Onnalee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (10 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Onnalee's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Onnalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Onnalee's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- 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 Onnalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1917–2019 (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 Onnalee 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.