Tauna
Tauna is an islet in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.
Meaning & Origin of Tauna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tauna is an islet in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.
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The Story of Tauna
The earliest SSA record of Tauna as a baby girl name dates back to 1945, when 6 babies received it. 1966 was its biggest year on record, with 27 newborns named Tauna — #2,308 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Tauna on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tauna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 647 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tauna
Tauna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 647 births in the dataset. Tauna's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #2,308. Use the chart and map above to compare Tauna'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 .
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