Una

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one. Una is a currently popular name for girls in Serbia, where the name also has associations with the Una River.

From Wikipedia

Una first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 217 babies (rank #468 that year). In 2024 it was given to 55 girls (rank #3,005). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Una

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Una yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,059

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

217

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Una

Una Merkelfilm actor · b. 1903
Una Stubbsfilm actor · b. 1937

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	10	#578
1881	14	#468
1882	18	#444
1883	19	#448
1884	23	#424
1885	28	#392
1886	26	#429
1887	31	#396
1888	33	#438
1889	47	#352
1890	59	#331
1891	39	#400
1892	40	#427
1893	43	#413
1894	55	#381
1895	46	#420
1896	51	#402
1897	44	#447
1898	50	#436
1899	53	#401
1900	70	#398
1901	50	#427
1902	49	#453
1903	48	#465
1904	50	#468
1905	47	#495
1906	63	#436
1907	72	#422
1908	56	#487
1909	57	#498
1910	71	#485
1911	73	#486
1912	109	#454
1913	105	#500
1914	139	#464
1915	164	#483
1916	173	#489
1917	161	#527
1918	204	#468
1919	186	#492
1920	191	#501
1921	217	#468
1922	183	#518
1923	152	#586
1924	171	#559
1925	173	#545
1926	145	#591
1927	123	#654
1928	123	#638
1929	119	#636
1930	126	#616
1931	108	#643
1932	115	#623
1933	124	#577
1934	108	#647
1935	95	#687
1936	97	#677
1937	85	#738
1938	110	#655
1939	91	#716
1940	93	#725
1941	62	#941
1942	61	#1,004
1943	60	#1,035
1944	61	#1,003
1945	52	#1,099
1946	49	#1,238
1947	42	#1,458
1948	38	#1,518
1949	38	#1,508
1950	43	#1,408
1951	34	#1,661
1952	49	#1,400
1953	30	#1,868
1954	34	#1,798
1955	36	#1,769
1956	33	#1,893
1957	39	#1,751
1958	35	#1,870
1959	35	#1,915
1960	41	#1,787
1961	40	#1,835
1962	45	#1,707
1963	37	#1,949
1964	41	#1,866
1965	34	#2,029
1966	28	#2,302
1967	35	#2,008
1968	26	#2,479
1969	29	#2,449
1970	28	#2,642
1971	22	#3,156
1972	31	#2,393
1973	22	#3,118
1974	20	#3,424
1975	12	#5,150
1976	15	#4,351
1977	15	#4,642
1978	14	#4,925
1979	14	#5,087
1980	13	#5,532
1981	11	#6,304
1982	12	#5,893
1983	11	#6,199
1984	15	#4,960
1985	7	#9,266
1986	9	#7,729
1987	14	#5,603
1988	8	#9,212
1989	8	#9,640
1990	13	#6,855
1991	12	#7,412
1992	14	#6,637
1993	9	#9,517
1994	10	#8,768
1995	14	#6,626
1996	14	#6,716
1997	7	#12,020
1998	17	#6,055
1999	19	#5,650
2000	27	#4,520
2001	30	#4,203
2002	21	#5,661
2003	26	#4,933
2004	21	#5,956
2005	40	#3,721
2006	26	#5,367
2007	39	#4,046
2008	38	#4,169
2009	32	#4,667
2010	26	#5,402
2011	34	#4,347
2012	33	#4,481
2013	40	#3,848
2014	45	#3,543
2015	45	#3,526
2016	60	#2,865
2017	46	#3,433
2018	53	#3,101
2019	59	#2,853
2020	62	#2,707
2021	48	#3,333
2022	63	#2,751
2023	48	#3,376
2024	55	#3,005