Oni
- Gender
- Girl
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Oni is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Oni a girl's or a boy's name?
Oni is a girls' name.
How popular is Oni in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Oni in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Oni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oni, updated 20 October 2026.