Onnie

Boy · recorded 1885–1988

  • 1988last recorded
  • 1899best year

Most popular in 1899.

Last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Onnie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1885

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 66 recorded years as a table
Onnie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188546
189753
189956
190040
190241
190645
191026
191223
191320
191420
191531
191625
191721
191811
191913
192021
192113
19229
192311
192413
192513
192611
192712
192811
192911
19309
19318
193210
19337
193414
193514
193616
193716
19389
19398
19409
19418
19424
19436
19445
19454
19466
19479
19483
19493
19504
19515
19524
19534
19554
19565
19574
19584
19593
19604
19616
19622
19653
19663
19696
19713
19724
19763
19774
19793
19883

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Onnie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1988
5
Rank in 1988
#7,270
How rare
1 in 382,856 boys
Since 1885
657

Onnie was last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1899, at 56 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Onnie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.