Uniqua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoo-NEE-kwuh
- Origin
- Modern
Uniqua is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “unique, one of a kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Uniqua mean?
Modern: elaboration of the English word unique
“unique, one of a kind”
Respelling of the English word unique, which came through French from Latin unicus, 'single'.
Is Uniqua a girl's or a boy's name?
Uniqua is a girls' name.
How popular is Uniqua in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Uniqua in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Uniqua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 64 | #2,107 |
| 1992 | 122 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Uniqua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shayla, Samira, Summer, Safiya, Aliya, Aaliyah, Zaniya, Aziza, Amira, Khadija, Zaira, Safia
Names related to Uniqua
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Uniqua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uniqua, updated 20 October 2026.