Girls' name · since 1973
Dunia
Dunia has 623 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 623
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dunia currently ranks #10287 among girls' names in America, with 623 babies recorded since 1973.
Dunia has 623 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10287 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #10,296 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,287 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 623 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dunia ranks #10,296 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,287 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 623 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 623
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dunia's 623 recorded births place it above 85.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dunia compares
623 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dunia's all-time total is 66% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dunia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 623 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dunia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dunia's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dunia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Dunia popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2024 (Dunia as boys' name)
Dunia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (176 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Dunia's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Dunia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
176 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s 64
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 176 births (28% of all-time use).
How Dunia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dunia's total volume
Dunia by state
Where Dunia concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
35 of 623 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Dunia's data
- Dunia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (176 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Dunias (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dunia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Dunia 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.