Given name
Unita
“woman who upholds oneness; togetherness”
Unita is a variant of Unity. One American interpretation is “woman who upholds oneness; togetherness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Unita is a variant of Unity. One American interpretation is “woman who upholds oneness; togetherness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Unita is a variant of Unity. An origin associated with Unity is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Unita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 12 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 5 in 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Unita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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