Unique
Girl · yoo-NEEK · English
Unique is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “one of a kind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Unique mean?
English: English word, via French from Latin unicus
“one of a kind”
From the English word for one of a kind, ultimately from Latin unicus, 'only, single'.
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Is Unique a girl's or a boy's name?
Unique is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 girls and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Unique in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Unique in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Unique in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Unique in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,438among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Unique, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 292 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972. 46 boys were also named Unique in 2025 (2,764th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Unique than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Unique in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were given Unique or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,009, up from #2,438 for this spelling alone.
- Unique 73
- Eunique 5
Girls were 81% of the babies named Unique in the US in 1978, and 61% in 2025.
Unique in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,789 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,686 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,479 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,502 |
| 2012 | 213 | #1,153 |
| 2011 | 221 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 230 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | 292 | #921 |
| 2008 | 233 | #1,108 |
| 2007 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2006 | 239 | #1,066 |
| 2005 | 268 | #928 |
| 2004 | 234 | #1,008 |
| 2003 | 221 | #1,034 |
| 2002 | 243 | #919 |
| 2001 | 272 | #841 |
| 2000 | 248 | #887 |
| 1999 | 259 | #830 |
| 1998 | 245 | #865 |
| 1997 | 253 | #817 |
| 1996 | 264 | #786 |
| 1995 | 215 | #880 |
| 1994 | 172 | #1,053 |
| 1993 | 185 | #997 |
| 1992 | 179 | #1,035 |
| 1991 | 144 | #1,197 |
| 1990 | 123 | #1,314 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,184 |
| 1988 | 103 | #1,375 |
| 1987 | 93 | #1,417 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,525 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 51 | #2,043 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
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