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Yuna

Girl

Meaning of Yuna: Japanese: 'gentle'

Yuna is a girl's name most strongly associated with Japanese naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 927th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1128th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#927

271 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1128

30 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,063

First recorded 1983 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 5 babies1984: 6 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 7 babies1988: 9 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 6 babies1993: 11 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 9 babies1996: 6 babies1997: 7 babies1998: 13 babies1999: 8 babies2000: 20 babies20002001: 19 babies2002: 30 babies2003: 28 babies2004: 53 babies2005: 58 babies2006: 50 babies2007: 55 babies2008: 63 babies2009: 83 babies2010: 123 babies20102011: 93 babies2012: 71 babies2013: 97 babies2014: 125 babies2015: 121 babies2016: 142 babies2017: 153 babies2018: 150 babies2019: 158 babies2020: 152 babies20202021: 204 babies2022: 223 babies2023: 198 babies2024: 231 babies2025: 271 babies
US babies named Yuna per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 271.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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