# Ona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,031 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 92 / 7,939 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 117, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 5,023 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,849 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,418 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,430 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,903 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,216 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,668 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,058 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,834 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,614 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,061 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,876 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,841 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,745 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,868 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 5 | 1,055 |
| 1912 | 8 | 2,005 |
| 1914 | 5 | 3,616 |
| 1915 | 12 | 2,265 |
| 1917 | 9 | 2,889 |
| 1918 | 11 | 2,657 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,624 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4,207 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,720 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,216 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,077 |
| 1929 | 9 | 2,911 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,836 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Ona

- Ona Munson, American actress (1903-1955)
- Ona Zee, American pornographic actress
- Ona Grauer, Canadian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.