Tunis — boys' name
153 babies named Tunis in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Tunis was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tunis in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tunis
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Tunis between 1913 and 1954, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tunis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tunis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tunis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tunis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tunis 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 153 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.
Tunis at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tunis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1913
- Peak year (1915)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
153 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 14 births in a single year.
Tunis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 63 births that decade — 41% of Tunis's all-time total
Tunis decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Tunis's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Tunis by state
Where Tunis concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 10 | 6.5% |
10 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1954 (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.