Taunia — girls' name
269 babies named Taunia in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Taunia was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Taunia in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taunia
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Taunia between 1955 and 1983, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taunia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taunia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taunia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taunia 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 269 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.
Taunia at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taunia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1955
- Peak year (1967)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
269 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 24 births in a single year.
Taunia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 115 births that decade — 43% of Taunia's all-time total
Taunia decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Taunia's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1955–1983 (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.