girl's name
Onna
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 656
Onna is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2015, when 33 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1927.
Onna over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 |
| 1940s | 23 |
| 1950s | 12 |
| 1960s | 63 |
| 1970s | 52 |
| 1980s | 56 |
| 1990s | 85 |
| 2000s | 128 |
| 2010s | 166 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 66 |
How popular is Onna?
In 2025, Onna was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Onna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Onna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Onna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Onna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Onna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Onna
How popular is the name Onna?
In 2025, Onna was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Onna a girl's or a boy's name?
Onna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Onna most popular?
Onna peaked in 2015, when 33 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Onna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Onna currently ranks #8,499 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.