Recorded 1914–1929 Girls' name Peak 1924 57 births

Onnolee — girls' name

57 babies named Onnolee in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s151920s42
1920s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Onnolee was born in this single decade.

1924
Single peak year

9 babies were named Onnolee in 1924 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Onnolee

The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Onnolee between 1914 and 1929, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Onnolee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Onnolee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Onnolee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Onnolee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Onnolee 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 57 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.

Onnolee at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

57

Since 1914

16 years of records

Peak year

1924

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1914

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 1929

Onnolee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1914

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1924)
9
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
45678910 19291926192519241921192019161914 7

Onnolee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
42 births that decade — 74% of Onnolee's all-time total
1910s151920s42

Onnolee by state

Where Onnolee concentrates geographically — total births since 1914

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Onnolee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
12 21.1%
New York share of Onnolee's total US births 21.1%

12 of 57 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Onnolee?
57 babies have been named Onnolee since 1914. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1924 with 9 births.
When was Onnolee most popular?
Onnolee was most popular in the 1920s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 1924.
Where is Onnolee most popular?
The top states for the name Onnolee are New York (12 births).
How long has the name Onnolee been used?
Onnolee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 16 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Onnolee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Onnie, Onna, Onnika, Onnalee, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.