Kunga
Boy · KOON-ga
Kunga is a boys' name, meaning “joy, delight”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kunga mean?
Tibetan, from kun dga'
“joy, delight”
Sakya Pandita, Kunga Gyaltsen (1182-1251), was one of the great scholars of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Is Kunga a girl's or a boy's name?
Kunga is a boys' name.
How popular is Kunga in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Kunga in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kunga in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
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