Unity — #4051 US girls' name
773 babies named Unity in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Unity was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Unity in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Unity
The Social Security Administration has registered 773 babies named Unity between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Unity currently holds the #4051 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Unity performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 262 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Unity shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Unity in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Unity 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 773 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.
Unity at a glance
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Current rank
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Unity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2022)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #4051 among girls.
773 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 57 births in a single year.
Unity by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 262 births that decade — 34% of Unity's all-time total
Unity decade highlights
- Peak decade 262 births
- Runner-up 212 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Unity's strongest decade
262 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Unity by state
Where Unity concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 22 | 2.8% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Nevada | | 5 | 0.6% |
22 of 773 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.8% of nationwide
- California 2.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.6% of nationwide
- Nevada 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2024 (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.