Una
#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 59 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,108since 1880
Una over time
Rank among girls' names. Una has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 |
| 2024 | #2,976 | 55 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 |
| 1958 | #1,856 | 35 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 |
| 1945 | #1,096 | 52 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 |
| 1943 | #1,027 | 60 |
| 1942 | #997 | 61 |
| 1941 | #934 | 62 |
| 1940 | #721 | 93 |
| 1939 | #714 | 91 |
| 1938 | #653 | 110 |
| 1937 | #734 | 85 |
| 1936 | #672 | 97 |
| 1935 | #684 | 95 |
| 1934 | #644 | 108 |
| 1933 | #575 | 124 |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 |
| 1931 | #640 | 108 |
| 1930 | #615 | 126 |
| 1929 | #634 | 119 |
| 1928 | #634 | 123 |
| 1927 | #651 | 123 |
| 1926 | #589 | 145 |
| 1925 | #544 | 173 |
| 1924 | #559 | 171 |
| 1923 | #584 | 152 |
| 1922 | #518 | 183 |
| 1921 | #466 | 217 |
| 1920 | #501 | 191 |
| 1919 | #492 | 186 |
| 1918 | #467 | 204 |
| 1917 | #526 | 161 |
| 1916 | #488 | 173 |
| 1915 | #481 | 164 |
| 1914 | #462 | 139 |
| 1913 | #497 | 105 |
| 1912 | #454 | 109 |
| 1911 | #483 | 73 |
| 1910 | #480 | 71 |
| 1909 | #496 | 57 |
| 1908 | #479 | 56 |
| 1907 | #418 | 72 |
| 1906 | #435 | 63 |
| 1905 | #490 | 47 |
| 1904 | #463 | 50 |
| 1903 | #461 | 48 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 |
| 1901 | #425 | 50 |
| 1900 | #397 | 70 |
| 1899 | #396 | 53 |
| 1898 | #434 | 50 |
| 1897 | #440 | 44 |
| 1896 | #396 | 51 |
| 1895 | #417 | 46 |
| 1894 | #377 | 55 |
| 1893 | #408 | 43 |
| 1892 | #419 | 40 |
| 1891 | #395 | 39 |
| 1890 | #329 | 59 |
| 1889 | #352 | 47 |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 |
| 1887 | #390 | 31 |
| 1886 | #424 | 26 |
| 1885 | #386 | 28 |
| 1884 | #416 | 23 |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Una was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1986, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Una is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#192 · 1 in 918
- West Virginia#250 · 1 in 1,593
- Tennessee#251 · 1 in 1,665
- Arkansas#269 · 1 in 1,583
- Virginia#271 · 1 in 2,362
Best ever in a state: #184 in Louisiana, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #192 | 13 | 1 in 918 |
| West Virginia | #250 | 5 | 1 in 1,593 |
| Tennessee | #251 | 8 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Arkansas | #269 | 6 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Virginia | #271 | 6 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Kentucky | #314 | 6 | 1 in 2,272 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 6 | 1 in 2,841 |
| Alabama | #331 | 6 | 1 in 2,638 |
| Texas | #461 | 8 | 1 in 3,291 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Una
- 235 spots since 2024 (#2,976 → #3,211)
- 529 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #3,211)
- 267 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #3,211)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1881 (#547 → #447)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1941 (#721 → #934)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #329 (59 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 76 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 3,227 girls born in 1890 were named Una (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.7% of all girls named Una (1,597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 249 | #352 (1889) | #426 |
| 1890s | 480 | #329 (1890) | #401 |
| 1900s | 562 | #397 (1900) | #451 |
| 1910s | 1,385 | #454 (1912) | #483 |
| 1920s | 1,597 | #466 (1921) | #568 |
| 1930s | 1,059 | #575 (1933) | #655 |
| 1940s | 556 | #721 (1940) | #1,142 |
| 1950s | 368 | #1,386 (1952) | #1,709 |
| 1960s | 356 | #1,690 (1962) | #2,007 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,356 (1972) | #3,728 |
| 1980s | 108 | #4,737 (1984) | #6,514 |
| 1990s | 129 | #5,424 (1999) | #7,130 |
| 2000s | 300 | #3,646 (2005) | #4,602 |
| 2010s | 441 | #2,814 (2019) | #3,670 |
| 2020s | 325 | #2,682 (2020) | #3,036 |
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.
Una in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 5,120 of them was named Una, which outranked 86.8% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.