Una
The Irish Úna, perhaps from uan, meaning lamb. Edmund Spenser separately used Una for a character in The Faerie Queene, drawing on the Latin una, meaning one.
Una in 2025
Una was given to 49 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 5,741st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 67,660 babies born.
The history of Una
Una reached its highest point in 1921, when 217 babies were given the name, ranking 873rd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 549th, in 1890.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 8,108 babies have been named Una. Half of them were born before 1928, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Una by decade
| Decade | Babies named Una | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 249 | 589 |
| 1890s | 480 | 549 |
| 1900s | 562 | 640 |
| 1910s | 1,385 | 774 |
| 1920s | 1,597 | 873 |
| 1930s | 1,059 | 1,057 |
| 1940s | 556 | 1,305 |
| 1950s | 368 | 2,360 |
| 1960s | 356 | 2,744 |
| 1970s | 193 | 3,781 |
| 1980s | 108 | 7,562 |
| 1990s | 129 | 9,293 |
| 2000s | 300 | 6,324 |
| 2010s | 441 | 5,003 |
| 2020s | 325 | 4,790 |
Where Una is heading
Una has risen 9% over the past decade, from 45 babies in 2015 to 49 in 2025.
Names like Una
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Una.