Girls' name · since 1967
Fauna
Fauna has 183 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,976 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fauna currently ranks #8976 among girls' names in America, with 183 babies recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fauna has been recorded 183 times among girls since 1967, currently ranked #8976 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #20,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,976 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 183 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fauna ranks #20,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,976 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 183 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,976 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fauna's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fauna compares
183 35th percentile among 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
Fauna's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fauna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 183 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fauna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fauna splits its recorded history at 1987: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Fauna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (59 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Fauna's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Fauna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 59 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Fauna's data
- Fauna's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Fauna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Fauna 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.