Unique

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Unique: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Unique: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,112 in 2004, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2112highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#2112
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2013	#4050
2019	#5591
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2112 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Unique by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Unique in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	52	10 of 10	5
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Unique appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004.

Unique's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,112, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ajan · #2112, 13y
Akosua · #2112, 23y
Amiira · #2112, 20y
Andriana · #2112, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Afua · #2112, 11y
Akosua · #2112, 23y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Bassam · #2112, 13y

Unique and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Unique without appearing here.

Unique moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #4137.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Unique

Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2084.
Freddie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #3541.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #4001.
Rory Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #4001.

Moved the opposite way to Unique

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Unique

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Unique went from #3848 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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