Girls' name · since 1972
Unity
Unity has 805 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 805
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
805 babies have been named Unity since 1972, making it today's #4485 girls' name.
Unity has 805 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4485 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #8,684 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,485 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 805 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Unity ranks #8,684 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,485 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 805 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 805
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Unity's 805 recorded births place it above 87.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Unity compares
805 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Unity's all-time total is 114% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Unity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 805 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Unity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Unity's full recorded timeline at 2007, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 57 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Unity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Unity by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (262 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Unity's strongest decade.
262 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Unity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1990s 69
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
208 births
- 2010s
2010s
262 births
- 2020s
2020s
244 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 262 births (33% of all-time use).
How Unity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Unity's total volume
Unity by state
Where Unity concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 22 | 2.7% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Nevada | | 5 | 0.6% |
22 of 805 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Unity's data
- Unity's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (262 total births) through the 2020s (244) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Unitys (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Unity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Unity draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.