Oneta

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292

Peak · girls
1915 · 56 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,465
since 1893

Oneta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Oneta has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #874, 1915girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#5,8916
1962#5,2937
1961#6,5675
1960#4,7738
1959#5,0317
1958#4,8907
1957#4,9187
1956#5,3256
1955#4,3768
1954#4,6557
1953#3,68710
1952#3,55210
1951#3,28411
1950#3,42310
1949#5,2445
1948#2,82813
1947#3,7069
1946#2,59714
1945#2,45813
1944#2,94610
1943#2,15117
1942#2,98610
1941#1,75021
1940#1,54925
1939#1,73120
1938#1,65022
1937#1,78419
1936#1,34529
1935#1,41827
1934#1,44026
1933#1,03845
1932#1,52025
1931#1,63522
1930#1,21038
1929#1,59824
1928#1,01554
1927#1,23340
1926#1,07948
1925#97059
1924#99958
1923#1,17443
1922#88868
1921#1,09248
1920#93960
1919#90960
1918#1,12643
1917#89659
1916#1,02645
1915#87456
1914#1,14728
1913#1,17622
1912#1,71911
1911#2,1916
1910#1,20714
1909#1,15213
1908#2,1015
1907#1,5128
1906#1,22910
1905#1,09312
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1903#1,4407
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1901#96112
1900#1,9325
1899#1,3946
1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Oneta! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Oneta is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #415 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,380 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedKSArkansas: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,157 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #271 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,700 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedHITexas: #548 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,385 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Oneta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#271 · 1 in 1,700
  2. Missouri#415 · 1 in 4,380
  3. Arkansas#479 · 1 in 4,157
  4. Texas#548 · 1 in 4,385

Best ever in a state: #211 in Oklahoma, 1917.

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Missouri#41571 in 4,380
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Texas#548131 in 4,385
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Oneta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
  • Biggest jump: 971 spots in 1901 (#1,932 → #961)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1923 (#888 → #1,174)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1915 at #874 (56 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1919–1920
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,569
  • Highest: 1 in 17,569 girls born in 1915 were named Oneta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,541 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 34.3% of all girls named Oneta (502) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#1,394 (1899)#1,487
1900s72#961 (1901)#1,428
1910s344#874 (1915)#1,227
1920s502#888 (1922)#1,099
1930s273#1,038 (1933)#1,477
1940s137#1,549 (1940)#2,822
1950s83#3,284 (1951)#4,314
1960s26#4,773 (1960)#5,631
1970s6#7,292 (1972)#7,292

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oneta in 1920

girls
#939
60 births · 1 in 19,971 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #939Oneta60
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 19,971 of them was named Oneta, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oneta
  1. #931Merry61
  2. #931Tomasa61
  3. #931Venita61
  4. #939Oneta60
  5. #939Burnice60
  6. #939Clarine60
  7. #939Cleora60
  8. #949Audry59
  9. #949Goldia59
  10. #949Hermina59

Tied with 9 names at #939; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →