Una
Una is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. Its best rank was 331st, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 550.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921217 births
- Best rank
- #331in 1890
- Since 1880
- 8,059people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,059 girls have been named Una in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 217 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Una | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 249 | |
| 1890s | 480 | |
| 1900s | 562 | |
| 1910s | 1,385 | |
| 1920s | 1,597 | |
| 1930s | 1,059 | |
| 1940s | 556 | |
| 1950s | 368 | |
| 1960s | 356 | |
| 1970s | 193 | |
| 1980s | 108 | |
| 1990s | 129 | |
| 2000s | 300 | |
| 2010s | 441 | |
| 2020s | 276 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Una was the 468th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Una
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Almapeak 1918
- Elvinapeak 1920
- Eudorapeak 1923
- Florancepeak 1917
- Leotapeak 1918
- Ednapeak 1918
- Rosinapeak 1924
- Edithpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.