Bunia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bunia

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Bunia between 1917 and 1935, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bunia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bunia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bunia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bunia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bunia 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 30 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.