Tunisia — girls' name
596 babies named Tunisia in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Tunisia was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Tunisia in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tunisia
The Social Security Administration has registered 596 babies named Tunisia between 1943 and 1996, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tunisia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tunisia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tunisia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tunisia in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tunisia 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 596 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.
Tunisia at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tunisia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1943
- Peak year (1974)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
596 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 39 births in a single year.
Tunisia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 275 births that decade — 46% of Tunisia's all-time total
Tunisia decade highlights
- Peak decade 275 births
- Runner-up 175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tunisia's strongest decade
275 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Tunisia by state
Where Tunisia concentrates geographically — total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30 | 5.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 19 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 15 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
30 of 596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% 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, 1943–1996 (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.