Una — #2962 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Una

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,059 babies named Una between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Una currently holds the #2962 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 217 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Una performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,597 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Una shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 423 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Una in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Una 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 8,059 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.