Onna

#8,734 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Onna has been given to 656 babies in the U.S. since 1927. In 2025 it ranked #8,734 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Onna, 2025

1 in 276,000

Onna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Onna: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Onna means

Onna is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Onna is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Onna is pronounced /ˈon.nɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 656 girls were recorded with the name Onna between 1927 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,859 in 1941.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,386 in 2020 to #8,734 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,375 in 2015 to #8,734 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Onna?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 134,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,734; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Onna 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 2025 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Onna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Onnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Onna was born before 2003 — so the typical Onna is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 628; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (166).

Is Onna 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: +6,107; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +652; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,359; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.36×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 36.4%; Peak was 2015 (33)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,859; 1941

Spellings of Onna

Onna is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 16.2% against Onna's 0.01%.

Anna16.2%914,859
Donna14.7%831,641
Ann8.3%470,261
Anne5.7%325,128
Edna5.2%295,116
Tina5.2%292,146
Dana3.4%193,555
Gina2.7%153,057

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Onna by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,734
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 652
Best rank ever: #3,859; 1941
Peak year: 2015; 33 that year
First recorded: 1927
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 656
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Onna

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

Enna Inna Zanna Yanna Sanna Venna Zenna Ginna Lunna Onnie Senna Ianna Henna Alinna Myanna Yoanna Mianna Zyonna Adanna Zianna Geanna Renna Ioanna Fionna

Sibling names for Onna

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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