How rare is the name Muna?

3,928 people in the United States have the first name Muna, about 1 in 76,892. It ranks #4,659 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MUNA

#4,659

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,928
About
1 in 76,892
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,928 people named Muna, 42.8% reported their origin as White, 42.3% as Black and 10.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Muna peaked in 2019, when 51 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
51
In 2025*
45 ▼12%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,303 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Muna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #6,858. The largest share of babies named Muna, 39.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#9,38480
1980s#11,17584
1990s#7,999203
2000s#6,993340
2010s#6,858375
2020s#7,170209
Generation X 1965–807.8%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–1239.6%
2013 and later38.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Muna

#4,655 Shimon · 3,931#4,658 Mehdi · 3,930#4,660 Haden · 3,926#4,660 Montgomery · 3,926

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Muna, most common first.

#15,229 Mun · 758#48,685 Muni · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Muna ranks #42,858 of 156,621, with 544 people. See Muna as a last name

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