Is Buna a boy or girl name?

Buna is a girl’s name. Of the 780 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Buna

Recorded 1882–2023 · United States

Buna was most popular in 1915, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,240 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 780 people named Buna.

Buna over time

Births per year. The dot marks Buna’s peak in 1915. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Buna a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Buna is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 780 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Buna

Explore further

See Buna on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org