Tuana

#9,416 in 2025Girls' name

Powerful

Tuana has been given to 95 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #9,416 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Tuana, 2025

1 in 301,000

Tuana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tuana: meaning, origin, and history

Powerful

Persian

What Tuana means

Tuana means “powerful”, associated with tuwānā.

Origin, language, and formation

Tuana is used in Turkish. Its origins include Persian.

Tuana comes through fa-cls تُوَانَا.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Tuana is pronounced /tu.aˈna/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 95 girls were recorded with the name Tuana between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,341 in 1971.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,381 in 2015 to #9,416 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tuana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,416; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tuana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tuana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tuanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tuana was born before 2012 — so the typical Tuana is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 95; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Tuana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,965; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.57×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (11)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,341; 1971

Spellings of Tuana

Tuana is not the most common spelling — Diana is, with 17.6% against Tuana's <0.01%.

Diana17.6%368,487
Tina13.9%292,146
Dana9.2%193,555
Tara8.4%175,812
Tanya5.6%116,855
Ana5.3%111,359
Luna4.2%87,715
Alana3.3%68,264

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tuana around the world

Where Tuana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2000–2025
#3,705
in 2025
France
2004–2025
#4,162
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Tuana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,416
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,341; 1971
Peak year: 2025; 11 that year
First recorded: 1962
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 95
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Tuana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Yvana Loana Ioana Jaana Dhana Imana Isana Azana Uliana Iolana Taiana Lilana Aiana Viyana Hasana Afsana Adana Dhyana Livana Aidana Mahana Niana Mehana Serana

Sibling names for Tuana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Jerimiah Jorden

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