Unk — boys' name

What the Data Says About Unk

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Unk between 1967 and 1998, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Unk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Unk is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1950.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Unk performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Unk shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Unk 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 37 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.