# Unknown (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/unknown/  
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 | 19,714 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,888 / 9,826 (50% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 | 77 | 2,414 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,767 |
| 2013 | 68 | 2,623 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,516 |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,647 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,075 |
| 2017 | 47 | 3,381 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,644 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,081 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3,603 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,294 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3,162 |
| 2023 | 46 | 3,471 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,956 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,293 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 1,716 |
| 2012 | 99 | 1,597 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,603 |
| 2014 | 79 | 1,871 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,251 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,549 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,089 |
| 2018 | 85 | 1,806 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,933 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,260 |
| 2021 | 85 | 1,838 |
| 2022 | 85 | 1,873 |
| 2023 | 80 | 1,951 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,953 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,757 |

## 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.