Dunia
Girl · DOON-yah · Arabic
Dunia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the world”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Dunia mean?
Arabic: from Arabic dunya
“the world”
From Arabic dunya, 'the world', meaning this earthly life; the word is also used in Swahili.
- Say it
- DOON-yah
Is Dunia a girl's or a boy's name?
Dunia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dunia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 4 girls.
Dunia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Dunia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Dunia, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Dunia in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dunia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
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