Tunisia

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #10,567

Peak · girls
1974 · 39 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
596
since 1943

Tunisia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tunisia has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #2,100, 1974girls
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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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1996#10,5677
1995#11,7836
1994#8,12210
1993#8,05210
1992#6,65213
1991#5,94915
1990#4,86819
1989#5,54515
1988#5,06516
1987#6,78810
1986#6,15611
1985#5,07714
1984#4,31817
1983#2,97528
1982#3,64722
1981#3,53223
1980#3,99219
1979#3,90319
1978#2,94227
1977#2,83828
1976#2,66429
1975#2,32135
1974#2,10039
1973#2,34932
1972#2,22234
1971#3,26620
1970#4,49212
1969#4,19812
1968#3,61014
1967#4,05311
1966#4,19810
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Tunisia! It came in at #3,493, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tunisia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1974 at #2,100 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 5 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 37,629
  • Highest: 1 in 37,629 girls born in 1974 were named Tunisia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 250,430 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 46.1% of all girls named Tunisia (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s8#3,493 (1943)#3,493
1950s5#6,086 (1957)#6,086
1960s53#3,610 (1968)#4,375
1970s275#2,100 (1974)#2,910
1980s175#2,975 (1983)#4,710
1990s80#4,868 (1990)#7,999

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.

Tunisia in 1972

girls
#2,222
34 births · 1 in 44,742 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #2,222Tunisia34
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 44,742 of them was named Tunisia, which outranked 77.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tunisia
  1. #2,173Veda35
  2. #2,173Zaneta35
  3. #2,173Zenobia35
  4. #2,222Tunisia34
  5. #2,222Alba34
  6. #2,222Alida34
  7. #2,222Allegra34
  8. #2,276Abbey33
  9. #2,276Adena33
  10. #2,276Aliya33

Tied with 53 names at #2,222; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

See the top 100 for 1972