Onika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-NEE-kah
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Onika is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Onika mean?
Origin unclear
Nicki Minaj's birth name is Onika Tanya Maraj.
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Is Onika a girl's or a boy's name?
Onika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Onika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Onika, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more girls named Onika than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Onika in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Onika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
Nicknames for Onika
Names like Onika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Chiara Aisha Sasha Aviva Anya Imani Paloma Rivka Amara Dakota Dayana
Names related to Onika
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, “Onika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/onika, updated 20 October 2026.