Recorded 1922–1975 Girls' name Peak 1954 84 births

Unita — girls' name

84 babies named Unita in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s61930s191940s51950s191960s201970s15
1960s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Unita was born in this single decade.

1954
Single peak year

12 babies were named Unita in 1954 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Unita

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Unita between 1922 and 1975, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Unita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Unita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Unita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Unita 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 84 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.

Unita at a glance

Last recorded 1975

Total births

84

Since 1922

54 years of records

Peak year

1954

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1975

Active since

1922

Recorded for 54 years

Last year on file: 1975

Unita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1922

Last recorded 1975
Peak year (1954)
12
Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
468101214 19751970196619601954193319311922 6

Unita by decade

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

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
20 births that decade — 24% of Unita's all-time total
1920s61930s191940s51950s191960s201970s15

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Unita?
84 babies have been named Unita since 1922. It was last recorded in 1975. The peak year was 1954 with 12 births.
When was Unita most popular?
Unita was most popular in the 1960s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1954.
How long has the name Unita been used?
Unita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 54 years of data through 1975.
What names are similar to Unita?
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, 1922–1975 (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.