Ona
Serves as the Lithuanian form of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace; in Catalan the same spelling is also the ordinary word for a wave.
Ona in 2025
Ona was given to 21 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 10,191st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 157,873 babies born.
The history of Ona
Ona reached its highest point in 1917, when 191 babies were given the name, ranking 879th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 478th, in 1893.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 8,031 babies have been named Ona. Half of them were born before 1925, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Ona by decade
| Decade | Babies named Ona | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 367 | 543 |
| 1890s | 681 | 478 |
| 1900s | 735 | 530 |
| 1910s | 1,434 | 656 |
| 1920s | 1,480 | 1,020 |
| 1930s | 925 | 1,101 |
| 1940s | 601 | 1,549 |
| 1950s | 451 | 1,913 |
| 1960s | 250 | 2,996 |
| 1970s | 232 | 3,992 |
| 1980s | 145 | 6,154 |
| 1990s | 128 | 7,933 |
| 2000s | 147 | 11,100 |
| 2010s | 301 | 6,678 |
| 2020s | 154 | 8,259 |
Where Ona is heading
Ona has fallen 46% over the past decade, from 39 babies in 2015 to 21 in 2025.
Names like Ona
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Ona.