Given name & surname
Tuana
“powerful”
Tuana is a feminine given name from Classical Persian, meaning “powerful.” It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tuana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95
- 0 boys · 95 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,419 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,419 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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