Given name
Uniqua
“unlike others; the only one”
Uniqua is a variant of Unique. One American interpretation is “unlike others; the only one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Uniqua is a variant of Unique. One American interpretation is “unlike others; the only one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Uniqua 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 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Uniqua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 0 boys · 488 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 122 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 122 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 401 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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