Onita
- Last seen for girls in 1981 at #4,963
- Peak · girls
- 1925 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,162since 1899
Onita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Onita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
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| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
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| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
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First appearance
1899
The first year at least five girls were named Onita! It came in at #1,394, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Onita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Onita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Onita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1925 at #1,376 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,396
- Highest: 1 in 35,396 girls born in 1907 were named Onita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 119,147 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,376 in 1925, was only 1 in 35,805 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 22.9% of all girls named Onita (266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,394 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,384 (1907) | #1,483 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,604 (1919) | #2,014 |
| 1920s | 266 | #1,376 (1925) | #1,647 |
| 1930s | 207 | #1,451 (1937) | #1,723 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,845 (1940) | #2,441 |
| 1950s | 165 | #2,280 (1955) | #2,816 |
| 1960s | 124 | #2,814 (1962) | #3,998 |
| 1970s | 78 | #3,712 (1970) | #7,065 |
| 1980s | 14 | #4,963 (1981) | #4,963 |
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.
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