Buna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Buna

The Social Security Administration has registered 780 babies named Buna between 1882 and 2023, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Buna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Buna performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Buna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Buna in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Buna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 780 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.