How rare is the name Una?

3,568 people in the United States have the first name Una, about 1 in 84,650. It ranks #4,981 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

UNA

#4,981

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,568
About
1 in 84,650
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,568 people named Una, 62.6% reported their origin as White, 19.5% as Black and 7.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Una peaked in 1921, when 217 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
217
In 2025*
49 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,108 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Una by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #644. The largest share of babies named Una, 39.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#748249
1890s#644480
1900s#709562
1910s#8931,385
1920s#1,0371,597
1930s#1,1971,059
1940s#1,934556
1950s#2,844368
1960s#3,142356
1970s#5,495193
1980s#9,558108
1990s#10,957129
2000s#7,600300
2010s#6,161441
2020s#5,332325
Before 19019.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.1%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–962.2%
Generation Z 1997–125.4%
2013 and later8.3%

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.

Where Una is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Una has been most common in Louisiana (7.5×), Arkansas (4.5×), and Tennessee (3.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.33×).

3,090 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Una

2 other first names also have 3,568 people.

#4,981 Alethea · 3,568#4,981 Fatemeh · 3,568

Either side of Una

#4,981 Alethea · 3,568#4,981 Fatemeh · 3,568#4,984 Elouise · 3,566#4,984 Hilton · 3,566

Spelled almost the same

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

#10,146 Un · 1,329#48,685 Uni · 130

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