Girls' name · since 1927
Mauna
Mauna has 57 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 57
- total births
- 1927–1953
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
Mauna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 1927.
Social Security Administration records show Mauna recorded 57 times among girls since 1927, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1953.
- 57 total births
- 1927–1953 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mauna's 57 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mauna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mauna's full recorded timeline at 1932, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1953 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1953
- Peak year (1953)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Mauna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Mauna's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Mauna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 26 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Mauna's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1950s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1927–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mauna: Baby Name Since 1927 - 57 Births, Peak 1953." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mauna. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mauna 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 July 2026.