Una
Una was given to 49 girls in 2025, #3,245 among girls’ names; 8,108 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,620 Americans named Una and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 13 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Una by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Una mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Una is “a female given name from Irish.”
Anglicized form of Irish Úna. Doublet of Oona.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Una?
#3,245 among girls’ names, 2025
Una rose from #3,526 in 2015 to #3,245 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 25.2 to 30.5 per million.
217 babies in 1921, the peak
Una peaked in 1921, when 217 girls were given it, #468 among girls’ names. The 49 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,245 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 55 | #3,009 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,382 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,753 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,335 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,710 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,853 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,100 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,432 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,865 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | #3,526 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,541 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,846 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,480 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,347 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,400 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,666 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,168 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 39 | #4,046 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,368 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,717 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,952 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,929 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,657 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,199 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,515 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,644 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,050 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #12,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,713 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,622 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,762 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,511 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,631 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,405 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,849 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,634 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #9,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,599 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,725 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,264 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,959 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,197 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,892 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,303 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,531 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #5,085 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,925 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,641 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,351 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,147 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,424 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,116 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,393 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,156 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,643 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,449 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,479 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 35 | #2,009 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,301 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,029 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,948 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,915 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,869 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,750 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,517 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 52 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 61 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 61 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 62 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 93 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 91 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 110 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 85 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 97 | #677 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 95 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 108 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 124 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 115 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 108 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 126 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 119 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 123 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 123 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 145 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 173 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 171 | #559 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 152 | #586 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 183 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 217 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 191 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 186 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 204 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 161 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 173 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 164 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 139 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 105 | #500 | 0.17 |
| 1912 | 109 | #454 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 73 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 71 | #485 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 57 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 56 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 72 | #422 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 63 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 47 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 50 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 48 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 49 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 50 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 70 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 53 | #401 | 0.23 |
| 1898 | 50 | #436 | 0.19 |
| 1897 | 44 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1896 | 51 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 46 | #420 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 55 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1893 | 43 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 40 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 39 | #400 | 0.21 |
| 1890 | 59 | #331 | 0.31 |
| 1889 | 47 | #352 | 0.26 |
| 1888 | 33 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 31 | #396 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 26 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1885 | 28 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 23 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 19 | #448 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 18 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 14 | #468 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 10 | #578 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Una a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Una has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Una: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Una, and how old are they?
2,620 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 8,108 Americans ever recorded as Una. The median Una alive today is 48 years old; half are between 13 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 3,568 people named Una (3,542 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,779 born in the U.S. The Census count is 28% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 430 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 570 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 176 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 432 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 669 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Una born?
The states with the most babies named Una are New York, Louisiana and Texas, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 427 | #1,821 | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 423 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Texas | 407 | #3,754 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 246 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 194 | #3,494 | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 179 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Arkansas | 151 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Kentucky | 130 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 130 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 114 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Una is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Una is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Una with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Una
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Una and names like it
- Compare Una and ElvinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sUna peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Una since 1910.
- Irish namesWiktionary’s origin for Una: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Una.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Una alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with UMost given first.