Onie
The Story of Onie
As a girl name
Onie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 64 births, good for #894 nationwide. About 23% of every Onie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Onie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Onie on the record books as a boy name in 1897, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 20 Onies were born — ranking #1,747 that year. About 31% of every Onie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Onie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1955, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 277 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Onie
Onie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Onie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #894. Use the chart and map above to compare Onie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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