Taunya

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #8,734

Peak · girls
1971 · 103 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,484
since 1946

Taunya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Taunya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #1,133, 1971girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1992#8,7349
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1989#8,7618
1988#11,7985
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1986#7,1349
1985#5,67812
1984#5,53912
1983#3,68721
1982#3,53023
1981#2,98629
1980#2,53737
1979#2,43038
1978#2,39037
1977#2,60632
1976#1,52367
1975#1,37577
1974#1,20991
1973#1,23185
1972#1,14196
1971#1,133103
1970#1,34378
1969#1,33872
1968#1,51956
1967#1,22775
1966#1,47456
1965#1,68944
1964#1,66648
1963#2,61922
1962#2,26428
1961#2,03633
1960#2,43224
1959#2,98016
1958#2,66319
1957#2,72718
1956#2,24924
1955#2,72517
1954#3,49011
1953#2,81215
1952#3,37211
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1949#4,6736
1948#4,2057
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Taunya! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Taunya
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1971 at #1,133 (103 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,846
  • Highest: 1 in 15,846 girls born in 1972 were named Taunya (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 204,881 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,133 in 1971, was only 1 in 16,154 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 47.4% of all girls named Taunya (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s20#3,994 (1946)#4,291
1950s137#2,249 (1956)#3,084
1960s458#1,227 (1967)#1,826
1970s704#1,133 (1971)#1,638
1980s156#2,537 (1980)#5,739
1990s9#8,734 (1992)#8,734

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Taunya in 1969

girls
#1,338
72 births · 1 in 23,431 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,338Taunya72
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 23,431 of them was named Taunya, which outranked 84.6% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taunya
  1. #1,325Karon73
  2. #1,325Kitty73
  3. #1,325Lainie73
  4. #1,338Taunya72
  5. #1,338Adela72
  6. #1,338Arleen72
  7. #1,338Eden72
  8. #1,355Alyce71
  9. #1,355Carolann71
  10. #1,355Carolynn71

Tied with 16 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969