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Oni

Girls' name

Today

Oni has been given to 287 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2020, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Oni, 2023

1 in 552,000

Oni over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oni: meaning, origin, and history

Today

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oni means

Oni means “today”, associated with òní.

Origin, language, and formation

Oni is used in Yoruba.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Yoruba, Oni is pronounced /ò.nĩ́/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 275 girls were recorded with the name Oni between 1973 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,803 in 1980.

In the United States, 12 boys were recorded with the name Oni between 2020 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2023; its best national rank was #10,509 in 2023.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Oni?

Oni had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only
1 in 267,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oni sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Onis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oni was born before 2007 — so the typical Oni is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
275
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 27.3% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Oni rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2020 (17)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,803
1980

Oni around the world

Where Oni ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2001
    #3,262
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Oni by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,803
1980
Peak year
2020
17 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
275
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,509
2023
Peak year
2023
7 that year
First recorded
2020
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
12
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Oni

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Oni

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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