# Unique (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/unique/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,569 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 954 / 7,615 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 79, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 221 | 1,119 |
| 2012 | 213 | 1,156 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,508 |
| 2014 | 151 | 1,484 |
| 2015 | 141 | 1,564 |
| 2016 | 119 | 1,755 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1,696 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,812 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,799 |
| 2020 | 121 | 1,697 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,665 |
| 2022 | 101 | 1,960 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,920 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,176 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,456 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,924 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,098 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,383 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,708 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,460 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,104 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,502 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,110 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,384 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,463 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,315 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,428 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,558 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,634 |
| 2025 | 46 | 2,792 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.