Tunya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tunya

The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Tunya between 1954 and 1982, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tunya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tunya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tunya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tunya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tunya 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 258 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.