Boys' name · since 1922
Onzie
15 babies named Onzie in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,567 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Onzie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1922.
Onzie has 15 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1948.
- #31,567 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1922
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onzie ranks #31,567 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1922, peaking in the 1940s.
- #31,567 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Onzie's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Onzie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Onzie's full recorded timeline at 1947, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births.
Onzie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1948
- Peak year (1922)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Onzie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1940s was Onzie's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Onzie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Onzie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1922–1948 (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 Onzie 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.