Buna
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 780since 1882
Buna over time
Rank among girls' names. Buna has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Buna! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Buna is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#259 · 1 in 1,854
- Tennessee#348 · 1 in 2,902
Best ever in a state: #259 in Alabama, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #259 | 9 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Tennessee | #348 | 5 | 1 in 2,902 |
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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 Buna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 693 spots in 1910 (#1,607 → #914)
- Biggest drop: 668 spots in 1909 (#939 → #1,607)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1910–1911
- Highest: 1 in 13,481 girls born in 1882 were named Buna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 29.7% of all girls named Buna (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #678 (1882) | #924 |
| 1890s | 80 | #858 (1895) | #1,087 |
| 1900s | 96 | #939 (1908) | #1,224 |
| 1910s | 232 | #914 (1910) | #1,346 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,550 (1920) | #2,005 |
| 1930s | 94 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,872 |
| 1940s | 32 | #2,762 (1944) | #3,511 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,544 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,462 (2023) | #13,463 |
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.
Buna in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 24,982 of them was named Buna, which outranked 70.6% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,067Trudie26
- #1,067Vennie26
- #1,067Wava26
- #1,091Buna25
- #1,091Antionette25
- #1,091Bea25
- #1,091Blossom25
- #1,120Allean24
- #1,120Almira24
- #1,120Aretta24
Tied with 28 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.