Muna
Feminine · “wishes”
Muna is an Arabic plural: wishes, the things one hopes for. It is a name about desire in the gentlest sense, and it is used across the Arab world and the Horn of Africa.
How old is the name Muna?
Muna first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Muna alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,300 people named Muna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Muna most popular?
Muna peaked in 2019, reaching #3130 nationally. Today it ranks #3389, 259 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From munya to Muna
The story of Muna
Munya and its plural have been in Arabic since the classical period, used in poetry for the thing the heart is set on. Muna became a common women's name across the Levant, the Gulf and North Africa in the twentieth century, and it is very widely used in Somalia and among Somali families abroad. English-language records show Muna, Mona and Mouna for the same name, the differences following the transliteration convention.
Meaning
wishes, hopes
The plural of munya, a wish or an object of desire; the word carries the sense of something longed for rather than something demanded, and it appears in classical Arabic poetry in exactly that register.
How the name formed
- munya
- Muna
Related forms: Mouna · Muna · Münâ
Pronouncing Muna
MOO-nah
Two syllables, first stressed, with a long first vowel. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Muna
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
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 201951 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3130reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +28.6%45 in 2025, from 35
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.
Muna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mouna in Arabic — transliteration
- Muna in Somali — same name
- Münâ in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, New York, Ohio.
Munas among us
people named Muna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was named Muna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
The Makyah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Muna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Makyah climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Makyah's path sketches the road Muna is walking now.
Muna 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
Where Muna is headed
Muna should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Muna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Muna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is warm and specific — the things one hopes for.
- Four letters and two syllables, readable at sight in almost any language.
- Very widely used across the Arab world and the Horn of Africa.
- Mona is the more familiar English spelling and is a separate Irish name as well.
- Muna, Mouna and Mona are the same name and relatives may prefer different spellings.
- It is close to Mona and Luna in an American ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Munas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Muna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Muna in 2025?
- Muna ranks #3389 among US girl names in 2025, with 45 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Muna?
- About 1 in every 35,717 US girls born in 2025 was named Muna — 45 in all.
- Will my child share the name Muna with classmates?
- Muna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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