How Many People Are Named Tauna?
An estimated 558 people in the United States have the first name Tauna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 53 years old, and Tauna peaked in popularity in 1966 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tauna 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 Tauna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
558
About 1 in 614,255 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
53
years old
Peak Year
1966
27 births
Total Registered
647
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tauna
Tauna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 647 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tauna as a female name
Ranked #12,572 in 1999
7 female births in 1999
Peak: 1966 (27 births)
Tauna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tauna span from the 1940s to the 1990s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 202 babies were registered. Tauna has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tauna by Decade
How has Tauna 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.
Tauna by State
Tauna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tauna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tauna
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tauna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tauna?
We estimate approximately 558 people named Tauna 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 614,255 Americans share this first name.
Is Tauna a common name?
Tauna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 647 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tauna most popular?
Tauna reached peak popularity in 1966, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tauna is approximately 53 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tauna a female name?
Tauna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tauna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tauna Smith, Tauna Johnson, Tauna 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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