Una

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births

Peak · girls
1890 · 59 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,108
since 1880

Una over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Una has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #329, 1890girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,21149
2024#2,97655
2023#3,32948
2022#2,72063
2021#3,29748
2020#2,68262
2019#2,81459
2018#3,05053
2017#3,38746
2016#2,82960
2015#3,47845
2014#3,48645
2013#3,77840
2012#4,38733
2011#4,24434
2010#5,24726
2009#4,57132
2008#4,08938
2007#3,98339
2006#5,23326
2005#3,64640
2004#5,74421
2003#4,80426
2002#5,44421
2001#4,10730
2000#4,40027
1999#5,42419
1998#5,79917
1997#10,8367
1996#6,39214
1995#6,25714
1994#8,12210
1993#8,7199
1992#6,31414
1991#6,97612
1990#6,46513
1989#8,7618
1988#8,3918
1987#5,31214
1986#7,1349
1985#8,3187
1984#4,73715
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#5,88511
1980#5,24513
1979#4,84214
1978#4,67914
1977#4,42515
1976#4,15415
1975#4,85412
1974#3,31320
1973#3,01522
1972#2,35631
1971#3,06222
1970#2,57728
1969#2,39629
1968#2,43126
1967#1,98035
1966#2,24928
1965#1,99334
1964#1,83641
1963#1,92237
1962#1,69045
1961#1,80740
1960#1,76441
1959#1,88135
1958#1,85635
1957#1,72839
1956#1,87133
1955#1,73336
1954#1,76934
1953#1,83430
1952#1,38649
1951#1,63734
1950#1,39643
1949#1,48938
1948#1,49938
1947#1,43842
1946#1,22949
1945#1,09652
1944#99361
1943#1,02760
1942#99761
1941#93462
1940#72193
1939#71491
1938#653110
1937#73485
1936#67297
1935#68495
1934#644108
1933#575124
1932#616115
1931#640108
1930#615126
1929#634119
1928#634123
1927#651123
1926#589145
1925#544173
1924#559171
1923#584152
1922#518183
1921#466217
1920#501191
1919#492186
1918#467204
1917#526161
1916#488173
1915#481164
1914#462139
1913#497105
1912#454109
1911#48373
1910#48071
1909#49657
1908#47956
1907#41872
1906#43563
1905#49047
1904#46350
1903#46148
1902#44549
1901#42550
1900#39770
1899#39653
1898#43450
1897#44044
1896#39651
1895#41746
1894#37755
1893#40843
1892#41940
1891#39539
1890#32959
1889#35247
1888#43133
1887#39031
1886#42426
1885#38628
1884#41623
1883#43519
1882#43118
1881#44714
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

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 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Una
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #329 (59 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,227
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.7% of all girls named Una (1,597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s249#352 (1889)#426
1890s480#329 (1890)#401
1900s562#397 (1900)#451
1910s1,385#454 (1912)#483
1920s1,597#466 (1921)#568
1930s1,059#575 (1933)#655
1940s556#721 (1940)#1,142
1950s368#1,386 (1952)#1,709
1960s356#1,690 (1962)#2,007
1970s193#2,356 (1972)#3,728
1980s108#4,737 (1984)#6,514
1990s129#5,424 (1999)#7,130
2000s300#3,646 (2005)#4,602
2010s441#2,814 (2019)#3,670
2020s325#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 1904

girls
#463
50 births · 1 in 5,507 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #463Una50
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 5,507 of them was named Una, which outranked 78.6% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Una
  1. #456Margarita51
  2. #456Pinkie51
  3. #456Tressie51
  4. #463Una50
  5. #463Ava50
  6. #463Camille50
  7. #463Dixie50
  8. #469Allene49
  9. #469Alva49
  10. #469Hope49

Tied with 5 names at #463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →