girls:
61 births since 1884
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
109 births since 1914
#4477 (2nd percentile)
overall:
170 births since 1884
#7569 (2nd percentile)
The name Oney is the #7,569 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 170 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,477 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 109 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 1884.
Oney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Oney is available in 22 out of the 73 years between 1884 and 1956 (18 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Oney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.1% of all recorded births). In 1956, 100.0% of babies named Oney were boys. Interestingly, until around 1914, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1884 to 1913), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (68.6% boys from 1914 to 1956).
For boys, Oney reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #499) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1956.
For girls, Oney reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #588) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 44 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1939.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oney".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Oney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Oney is pronounced as OH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-NEE, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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