Is Onesimo a boy or girl name?

Onesimo is a boy’s name. Of the 594 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Onesimo

Recorded 1917–2023 · United States

Onesimo was most popular in 1982, when 16 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,967 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 594 people named Onesimo.

Onesimo over time

Births per year. The dot marks Onesimo’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Onesimo a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Onesimo is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 594 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Onesimo

Where Onesimo is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 11.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org