Auna
Feminine
Auna belongs to a small group of American respellings that use au where a plainer version uses a. English is inconsistent about that pair — au is the vowel of laugh in one word and of launch in another — so the spelling does not settle the sound so much as mark the name as chosen. What it is a version of depends on which family you ask.
How old is the name Auna?
Auna first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Auna alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 500 people named Auna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Auna most popular?
Auna peaked in 2014, reaching #4103 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 9,105 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Auna
American naming has used au as a decorative respelling for a long time — Aundrea for Andrea, Aujanae for Ajanae, Auna for Ana — and the effect is consistent: it adds a letter, marks the name as deliberate, and leaves the sound roughly where it was. Anna itself is among the oldest names in continuous use anywhere, so this spelling sits at the very end of a very long line, or at the beginning of a very short one, depending on which reading is right. The record is concentrated in the later twentieth century and in the Midwest.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No derivation is documented. Read as a spelling of Ana or Anna, the line runs back to the Hebrew Channah, favor or grace, which is one of the best-attested names in the world. Read as a version of Aunna or Ona, or as something built from sound, nothing attaches. Both are plausible for a name that appears in American records in the later twentieth century.
Pronouncing Auna
AW-nuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Families differ on the vowel — AW-nuh and AH-nuh are both heard, since English au covers both — and the spelling gives no instruction either way.
Nicknames for Auna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 201436 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4103reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Auna in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio.
Aunas among us
people named Auna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Auna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nyeisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Auna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nyeisha climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nyeisha's path sketches the road Auna is walking now.
Auna sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Auna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Auna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two open syllables — it fits any form and survives any accent.
- It ends in a vowel, which makes it sit well with consonant-heavy surnames.
- It is uncommon while sounding entirely familiar.
- Ana, Anna, Ona and Aunna all sit close by and will be written instead.
- The first vowel is not settled, so the name arrives two ways.
- There is no documented meaning, and the resemblance to Anna is a resemblance rather than a descent.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aunas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Auna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Auna in 2025?
- Auna ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Auna?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Auna — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Auna with classmates?
- Auna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Auna
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