Girls' name · since 1890
Bunie
11 babies named Bunie in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bunie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1890.
Social Security Administration records show Bunie recorded 11 times among girls since 1890, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 1920.
- #52,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1890
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bunie ranks #52,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1890, peaking in the 1920s.
- #52,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1890
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bunie's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bunie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bunie's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1890, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bunie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Bunie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1920s was Bunie's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Bunie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bunie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1890–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bunie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.