Muna
Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Muna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Muna
American parents first put Muna on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 51 Munas were born — ranking #3,127 that year. About 28% of every Muna on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Muna ranks #4,121 for baby girls with 35 births, falling sharply (-17%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Muna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Muna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Muna
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About the name Muna
Muna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Muna's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #3,127. Use the chart and map above to compare Muna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.