How rare is the name Unique?

5,953 people in the United States have the first name Unique, about 1 in 50,736. It ranks #3,483 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

UNIQUE

#3,483

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,953
About
1 in 50,736
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,953 people named Unique, 66.4% reported their origin as Black, 18.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as two or more races. 88.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Unique peaked in 2009, when 310 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
310
In 2025*
119 ▼62%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 8,569 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Unique by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,560. The largest share of babies named Unique, 50.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#5,767178
1980s#2,429835
1990s#1,5602,291
2000s#1,6212,766
2010s#2,4461,707
2020s#2,937792
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–9625.8%
Generation Z 1997–1250.5%
2013 and later20.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Unique is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Unique has been most common in Florida (2.2×), New Mexico (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.23×).

5,834 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Unique

1 other first name also has 5,953 people.

#3,483 Jagger · 5,953

Either side of Unique

#3,481 Jovani · 5,955#3,483 Jagger · 5,953#3,485 Chung · 5,952#3,486 Barton · 5,950

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Unique, most common first.

#24,147 Uniqua · 401

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