Mauna — girls' name
57 babies named Mauna in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
57 girls have been named Mauna since 1927, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1953.
- 57
- total births
- 1927–1953
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Mauna was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mauna in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mauna
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Mauna between 1927 and 1953, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mauna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mauna performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mauna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mauna 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 57 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.
Mauna at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1927
- Peak year (1953)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
57 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 9 births in a single year.
Mauna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 26 births that decade — 46% of Mauna's all-time total
Mauna decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Mauna's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.