Unique
#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to girls 88.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,615since 1972
Unique over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,438 | 73 | #2,765 | 46 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #2,595 | 51 |
| 2023 | #1,903 | 104 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #1,953 | 101 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #1,652 | 126 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #1,687 | 121 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #1,789 | 114 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #1,799 | 113 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #1,686 | 127 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #1,743 | 119 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #1,554 | 141 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #1,479 | 151 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #1,502 | 147 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #1,153 | 213 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #1,117 | 221 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #1,082 | 230 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #921 | 292 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #1,108 | 233 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #1,137 | 226 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | #1,066 | 239 | #3,451 | 30 |
| 2005 | #928 | 268 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #1,008 | 234 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #1,035 | 221 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #919 | 243 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #841 | 272 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #888 | 248 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #831 | 259 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #865 | 245 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #817 | 253 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #786 | 264 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #883 | 215 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #1,055 | 172 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #999 | 185 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #1,037 | 179 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #1,201 | 144 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #1,318 | 123 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #1,187 | 137 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | #1,376 | 103 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #1,418 | 93 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,788 | 60 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,009 | 52 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,043 | 51 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Unique! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Unique is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#259 · 1 in 1,486
- Indiana#607 · 1 in 4,682
- Michigan#633 · 1 in 4,928
- North Carolina#678 · 1 in 5,450
- Massachusetts#723 · 1 in 6,764
Best ever in a state: #188 in District of Columbia, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #259 | 17 | 1 in 1,486 |
| Indiana | #607 | 7 | 1 in 4,682 |
| Michigan | #633 | 11 | 1 in 4,928 |
| North Carolina | #678 | 7 | 1 in 5,450 |
| Massachusetts | #723 | 5 | 1 in 6,764 |
| Ohio | #761 | 9 | 1 in 7,186 |
| New York | #797 | 18 | 1 in 6,179 |
| Florida | #956 | 9 | 1 in 8,280 |
| California | #991 | 29 | 1 in 8,362 |
| Illinois | #1,064 | 8 | 1 in 9,279 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,163 | 5 | 1 in 12,987 |
| Texas | #1,935 | 6 | 1 in 22,664 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Unique
- 288 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,438)
- 751 spots since 2020 (#1,687 → #2,438)
- 884 spots since 2015 (#1,554 → #2,438)
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 2009 (#1,108 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 2010 (#921 → #1,082)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1996 at #786 (264 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1995–2002
- Highest: 1 in 6,291 girls born in 2009 were named Unique (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #786 in 1996, was only 1 in 6,640 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.5% of all girls named Unique (2,476) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 166 | #1,795 (1979) | #4,510 |
| 1980s | 745 | #1,187 (1989) | #1,729 |
| 1990s | 2,039 | #786 (1996) | #979 |
| 2000s | 2,476 | #841 (2001) | #985 |
| 2010s | 1,576 | #1,082 (2010) | #1,490 |
| 2020s | 613 | #1,652 (2021) | #1,964 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Unique in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 10,382 of them was named Unique, which outranked 93.3% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,048Samara174
- #1,053Baylee173
- #1,053Felisha173
- #1,055Unique172
- #1,055Danae172
- #1,055Delia172
- #1,055Jerica172
- #1,061Cari171
- #1,061Dara171
- #1,061Joan171
Tied with 5 names at #1,055; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 80,501 of them was named Unique, which outranked 71.2% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,847Zackory25
- #2,847Zakaria25
- #2,847Zebadiah25
- #2,951Unique24
- #2,951Adel24
- #2,951Alaa24
- #2,951Arley24
- #3,030Abdulrahman23
- #3,030Alanmichael23
- #3,030Aleczander23
Tied with 78 names at #2,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.