Fun Facts About the Name Muna
- More than 1 thousand babies named Muna: U.S. records list 1,300 babies given the name Muna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Muna Mean?
Muna is an Arabic feminine name meaning "wish," "desire," or "aspiration." It comes from the Arabic root m-n-y and is the plural form of munyah (مُنية), a word for a wish or something longed for. It is a single word rather than a compound, so its sense comes directly from the ordinary Arabic noun.
Muna Name History & Origins
Arabic personal names are often taken from everyday words, and Muna is one of these. In classical Arabic poetry and prose, منى and its singular مُنية serve as words for hopes and longings, so the name carries that meaning rather than a religious or tribal one. It is used as a feminine given name in the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Iraq, Egypt, and the wider Arab world, and Arabic-speaking and Muslim communities in North Africa, the Balkans, and East Africa also use it.
A separate name spelled Muna appears in South Asia, notably in Nepali, where it stands in the title of Laxmi Prasad Devkota's narrative poem Muna Madan. That name should not be assumed to share the Arabic origin, since its South Asian derivation is a distinct question.
How Popular is the Name Muna?
Muna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #3,153 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,436 | 45 | 0.0028% |
| 2024 | #4,161 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2023 | #4,331 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 2022 | #4,544 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #4,217 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,412 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #3,153 | 51 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #3,650 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #3,468 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2016 | #4,138 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #4,122 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #4,082 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,830 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #5,203 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #5,879 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #4,087 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #4,773 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #3,518 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #4,187 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #5,181 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #4,915 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #4,153 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #3,790 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2002 | #3,377 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2001 | #4,003 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #4,495 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #3,419 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #4,334 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #4,331 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #5,002 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #5,366 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #4,337 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #5,606 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #6,204 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #9,100 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #7,166 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #6,416 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #5,505 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #9,463 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #8,239 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #10,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,094 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #6,214 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #11,528 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #7,877 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #6,526 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,388 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #4,836 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1976 | #6,410 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #7,693 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #9,713 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #7,170 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #7,915 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #7,680 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #6,391 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #7,807 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Muna Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
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