How Many People Are Named Tunya?
An estimated 224 people in the United States have the first name Tunya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 56 years old, and Tunya peaked in popularity in 1973 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tunya 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 Tunya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
224
About 1 in 1,530,153 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
56
years old
Peak Year
1973
26 births
Total Registered
258
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tunya
Tunya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 258 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tunya as a female name
Ranked #10,459 in 1982
6 female births in 1982
Peak: 1973 (26 births)
Tunya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tunya span from the 1950s to the 1980s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 138 babies were registered. Tunya has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tunya by Decade
How has Tunya 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.
Tunya by State
Tunya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tunya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tunya
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tunya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tunya?
We estimate approximately 224 people named Tunya 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 1,530,153 Americans share this first name.
Is Tunya a common name?
Tunya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 258 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tunya most popular?
Tunya reached peak popularity in 1973, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tunya is approximately 56 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tunya a female name?
Tunya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tunya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tunya Smith, Tunya Johnson, Tunya 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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