Given name

Unika

“unlike others; the only one”

Unika is a variant of Unique. One American interpretation is “unlike others; the only one.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Unika is a variant of Unique. One American interpretation is “unlike others; the only one.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Unika is a variant of Unique. An origin associated with Unique is American.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Unika through the years

Babies since 1880
123
0 boys · 123 girls
Most popular year
1992
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02468198020002025Highest share 19780.0
Unika in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 159 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Unika’s family of names

Unika has a related form in Unique.

Walk Unika’s family in the name graph

UnikaUniqueUnikkaUnnika

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Unika, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Unika’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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