Tunisia
Feminine · “From the country of Tunisia”
Tunisia is a country name given to American girls, a North African country on the Mediterranean. It is the title of one of the great jazz tunes and gave its desert, and a town's name, to Star Wars.
How old is the name Tunisia?
Tunisia first appears in US birth records in 1943 — 82 years ago. The typical Tunisia alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 600 people named Tunisia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tunisia most popular?
Tunisia peaked in 1974, reaching #2100 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
Where it comes from
From Tunis to Tunisia
The story of Tunisia
Dizzy Gillespie wrote 'A Night in Tunisia' during the Second World War, and its rolling bass line and fast break made it a standard that nearly every jazz player learns. George Lucas filmed the desert home of Luke Skywalker in southern Tunisia and named the planet Tatooine after the Tunisian town of Tataouine. Tunisia was one of the country names American families gave to daughters.
Meaning
From the country of Tunisia, named for its capital, Tunis
The country is named for Tunis; the origin of the city's name is uncertain.
How the name formed
- Tunis
- Tunisia
Related forms: Tunisie · Tunis
Pronouncing Tunisia
too-NEE-zhuh
Three or four syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Tunisia
Limited
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
- 1943
- Most girls named
- 197439 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2100reached in 1974
- Change vs 1995
- +16.7%7 in 1996, from 6
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.
Tunisia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tunisie in French — related form
- Tunis in Arabic — related form
Tunisias among us
people named Tunisia are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tunisia sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real place with a long history.
- Rare, so a Tunisia is unlikely to share her name.
- Tied to one of the great jazz tunes.
- Everyone will think of the country first.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- Some will find a country name unusual for a person.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tunisias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Tunisia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tunisia in 2025?
- Tunisia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tunisia with classmates?
- Tunisia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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