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Unique

Unique: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“one of a kind”
Origin
English
Say it
yoo-NEEK · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (89% of all uses)

From the English vocabulary word unique, ultimately from Latin unicus. As a given name, it is a modern word-name.

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How popular is Unique?

202441.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Unique in 2024136

2024 rank#2,199 girls

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 18808,446

Unique has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Unique

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Unique questions

What does the name Unique mean?

Unique means "one of a kind". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word unique, ultimately from Latin unicus. As a given name, it is a modern word-name.

Is Unique a boy or girl name?

Unique is mainly a girl's name in US records (89% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Unique?

136 US babies were named Unique in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Unique?

Unique is usually pronounced yoo-NEEK.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.