Oona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OO-na
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Oona is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Oona mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Úna
In Irish folklore Úna is queen of the fairies; Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill, married Charlie Chaplin.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Oona a girl's or a boy's name?
Oona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Oona, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Oona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 139 girls in the UK were given Oona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Oona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 41 | #926 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Oona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,751among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Oona, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had fewer girls named Oona than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Oona in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were given Oona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,580, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
- Oona 62
- Una 49
Oona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,251 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 131 | #1,636 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Oona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla Keira Caoimhe Fiadh Kiara Aoife Eden Aoibheann Eira Eireann Ocean Sienna
Other spellings of Oona
Names related to Oona
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Oona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oona, updated 20 October 2026.