How Many People Are Named Nuna?
An estimated 29 people in the United States have the first name Nuna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 8 years old, and Nuna peaked in popularity in 2019 with 7 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nuna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nuna paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Nuna is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
29
About 1 in 11,819,115 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
8
years old
Peak Year
2019
7 births
Total Registered
29
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nuna
Nuna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 29 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nuna as a female name
Ranked #17,021 in 2021
5 female births in 2021
Peak: 2019 (7 births)
Nuna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nuna span from the 2010s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 19 babies were registered. While Nuna is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nuna by Decade
How has Nuna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nuna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nuna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nuna
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nuna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nuna?
We estimate approximately 29 people named Nuna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 11,819,115 Americans share this first name.
Is Nuna a common name?
Nuna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 46% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 29 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nuna most popular?
Nuna reached peak popularity in 2019, when 7 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nuna is approximately 8 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nuna a female name?
Nuna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nuna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nuna Smith, Nuna Johnson, Nuna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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