girls:
1.1k births since 1886
#4637 (19th percentile)
boys:
657 births since 1885
#3930 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1885
#6015 (22nd percentile)
The name Onnie is the #6,015 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,736 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 22.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,637 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 1,079 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #3,930 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 657 births since 1885.
Onnie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for boys and 1886 for girls). Birth data for Onnie is available in 87 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (76 years for girls and 66 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 Onnie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Onnie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1887, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1885 to 1886), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.2% girls from 1887 to 2023).
For girls, Onnie reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #569) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 51 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Onnie ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Onnie reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #482) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 52 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Onnie".
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