Onofrio — boys' name
269 babies named Onofrio in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Onofrio was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Onofrio in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Onofrio
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Onofrio between 1913 and 1979, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Onofrio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Onofrio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Onofrio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Onofrio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Onofrio 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 269 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.
Onofrio at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Onofrio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1913
- Peak year (1922)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
269 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 17 births in a single year.
Onofrio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 109 births that decade — 41% of Onofrio's all-time total
Onofrio decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Onofrio's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Onofrio by state
Where Onofrio concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 118 | 43.9% |
118 of 269 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 43.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 43.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1913–1979 (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.