How Many People Are Named Oneida?

1,141

people named Oneida are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 299,548 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,268 babies named Oneida in Social Security records from 1887 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,735

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,457

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Peak Year

1919

63 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: o-NIE-də
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the name of a Native American tribe, perhaps meaning "standing rock".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Oneida in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Oneida alive today is about 51 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 66 in 2025.

Under 30 200
17.5%
30 to 59 531
46.5%
60 and over 410
35.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Oneida first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1919, to 63 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.

Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2023

🏆 Rank History

Oneida has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #887, in 1919.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#887 (1919)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,182 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Oneida alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Oneida were born in Texas than in any other state: about 145 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oneida was given 6.6 times as often in Texas and 2.2 times in New York.

Texas 145
New York 77
New Jersey 6
California 5
Kentucky 1
Mississippi 1
Tennessee 1

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