Recorded 2019–2023 Girls' name Peak 2021 31 births

Zuni — girls' name

31 babies named Zuni in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s52020s26
2020s
Peak decade

84% of everyone ever named Zuni was born in this single decade.

2021
Single peak year

13 babies were named Zuni in 2021 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zuni

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Zuni between 2019 and 2023, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zuni currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zuni performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zuni shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zuni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zuni 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 31 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.

Zuni at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

31

Since 2019

5 years of records

Peak year

2021

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2019

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2023

Zuni popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2019

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2021)
13
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
468101214 2023202220212019 5

Zuni by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
26 births that decade — 84% of Zuni's all-time total
2010s52020s26

Zuni by state

Where Zuni concentrates geographically — total births since 2019

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zuni
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 19.4%
California share of Zuni's total US births 19.4%

6 of 31 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zuni?
31 babies have been named Zuni since 2019. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2021 with 13 births.
When was Zuni most popular?
Zuni was most popular in the 2020s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
Where is Zuni most popular?
The top states for the name Zuni are California (6 births).
How long has the name Zuni been used?
Zuni has been recorded in Social Security data since 2019, spanning 5 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Zuni?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zunairah, Zunaira, Zunaisha, Zuna, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2019–2023 (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.