Dune is a variant of Dunn. One interpretation is “a brown-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dune through the years
Babies since 1880
108
103 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2023
28 babies
2025
15
#5,928 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
Boys Girls
Dune in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2016–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,928 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 171 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.