# Oona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oona/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,776 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,776 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 363, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Úna; doublet of Una.

## 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 | 48 | 3,396 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,899 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,984 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,772 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,639 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,852 |
| 2017 | 95 | 2,068 |
| 2018 | 78 | 2,357 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,476 |
| 2020 | 76 | 2,333 |
| 2021 | 82 | 2,261 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,245 |
| 2023 | 85 | 2,221 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,484 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,768 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,689 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## People named Oona

- Oona O'Neill, American-British actress (1925–1991)
- Oona Laurence, American actress
- Oona King, British politician (born 1967)
- Oona Sevenius, Finnish association football player
- Oona Siren, Finnish association football player
- Oona Kauste, Finnish female curler and coach

## 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.