Recorded 1979–2015 Girls' name Peak 1993 42 births

Unica — girls' name

42 babies named Unica in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s101990s112000s112010s5
1990s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Unica was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

6 babies were named Unica in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Unica

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Unica between 1979 and 2015, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Unica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Unica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Unica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Unica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Unica at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

42

Since 1979

37 years of records

Peak year

1993

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1979

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2015

Unica popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1979

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1993)
6
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
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Unica by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 26% of Unica's all-time total
1970s51980s101990s112000s112010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Unica?
42 babies have been named Unica since 1979. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1993 with 6 births.
When was Unica most popular?
Unica was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Unica been used?
Unica has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 37 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Unica?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Unique, Unity, Uniqua, Unice, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.