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Unknown

Unknown: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“unknown”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
un-NOHN · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (50% girls, 50% boys since 1880)

This is not established as a traditional given name in major naming sources. Etymology and usage as a first name are uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Unknown?

202422.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Unknown in 202475

2024 rank#3,149 boys

Peak year1954

Total US babies since 188019,602

Unknown is steady now but far below its 1954 peak.

Names like Unknown

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amariuncertain; several origins proposed · Unknown
  • Kamariuncertain · Unknown
  • Kashmirname of the Kashmir region · Unknown
  • Itzaeuncertain · Unknown
  • Namariuncertain · Unknown
  • Camariuncertain; possibly modern coinage · Unknown
  • Kioruncertain · Unknown
  • Creefrom the Cree people · Unknown

Unknown questions

What does the name Unknown mean?

Unknown means "unknown". It comes from Unknown. This is not established as a traditional given name in major naming sources. Etymology and usage as a first name are uncertain.

Is Unknown a boy or girl name?

Unknown is used for both: about 50% of US babies named Unknown since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Unknown?

75 US babies were named Unknown in 2024. Its peak year was 1954.

How do you pronounce Unknown?

Unknown is usually pronounced un-NOHN.

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.