girls:
275 births since 1973
#5441 (5th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 2020
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
286 births since 1973
#7453 (4th percentile)
The name Oni is the #7,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 286 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,441 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 275 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2020.
Oni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Oni is available in 31 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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 Oni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Oni were girls.
For girls, Oni reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #928) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Oni ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 35.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Oni reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Oni is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oni".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Oni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Oni is pronounced as OH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nee, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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