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Girl name

Tunya

100% girls · last recorded 1982

Tunya has been given to about 258 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1973, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 241
Median age today56 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tunya per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1973 · 26
  • Born in 20250
  • All time258

How popular is Tunya?

Its best year was 1973, when 26 babies were given the name, ranking 2747th. The typical living American called Tunya is about 56 years old today.

Names that sound like Tunya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Tonya0.78
  2. Tanya0.78
  3. Tawnya0.77
  4. Taniya0.72
  5. Tania0.65
  6. Tonia0.65
  7. Sonya0.62
  8. Kenya0.62

Middle names for Tunya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tunya Josephine0.84
  2. Tunya Rose0.83
  3. Tunya Louise0.83
  4. Tunya June0.82
  5. Tunya Pearl0.82
  6. Tunya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Tunya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.58
  2. Heidisister · 0.55
  3. Scottieeither · 0.54
  4. Michellesister · 0.54
  5. Scottbrother · 0.52
  6. Damonbrother · 0.52

Where Tunya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tunya White0.78
    2. Tunya Reyes0.78
    3. Tunya Nguyen0.78
    4. Tunya Moore0.78
    5. Tunya Lee0.78
    6. Tunya Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tunya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.