Unity
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Unity is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Unity mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Unity a girl's or a boy's name?
Unity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Unity in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 girls.
Unity in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Unity in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Unity, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Unity than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Unity in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Unity in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Unity
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Unity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/unity, updated 20 October 2026.