Unknown
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 50.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 548 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,888since 1880
Unknown over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | #2,915 | 43 |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #1,941 | 80 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #1,861 | 85 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | #1,823 | 85 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #2,235 | 61 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | #1,917 | 77 |
| 2018 | #2,610 | 66 | #1,792 | 85 |
| 2017 | #3,346 | 47 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 | #2,518 | 50 |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | #2,234 | 60 |
| 2014 | #2,497 | 72 | #1,857 | 79 |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 2012 | #2,734 | 64 | #1,588 | 99 |
| 2011 | #2,395 | 77 | #1,703 | 87 |
| 2010 | #2,726 | 65 | #1,713 | 89 |
| 2009 | #2,316 | 84 | #1,459 | 114 |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | #2,425 | 39 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 | #1,740 | 53 |
| 1995 | #865 | 223 | #665 | 248 |
| 1994 | #1,115 | 161 | #835 | 163 |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | #983 | 121 |
| 1992 | #1,264 | 135 | #850 | 155 |
| 1991 | #794 | 258 | #588 | 299 |
| 1990 | #1,088 | 162 | #738 | 192 |
| 1989 | #773 | 251 | #609 | 262 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | #1,003 | 94 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #1,494 | 33 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | #1,178 | 40 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | #1,082 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #886 | 71 |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 | #746 | 105 |
| 1961 | #1,122 | 96 | #610 | 168 |
| 1960 | #920 | 133 | #563 | 194 |
| 1959 | #848 | 145 | #568 | 188 |
| 1958 | #684 | 209 | #479 | 269 |
| 1957 | #533 | 323 | #386 | 391 |
| 1956 | #384 | 540 | #346 | 457 |
| 1955 | #368 | 564 | #332 | 497 |
| 1954 | #336 | 644 | #308 | 548 |
| 1953 | #338 | 600 | #313 | 525 |
| 1952 | #330 | 622 | #320 | 488 |
| 1951 | #333 | 565 | #328 | 439 |
| 1950 | #347 | 511 | #335 | 404 |
| 1949 | #373 | 443 | #402 | 278 |
| 1948 | #468 | 294 | #516 | 163 |
| 1947 | #691 | 148 | #696 | 99 |
| 1946 | #809 | 104 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | #986 | 42 |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,070 | 56 | #1,258 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | #594 | 12 |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Unknown was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Unknown
- 197 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #2,718)
- 483 spots since 2020 (#2,235 → #2,718)
- 484 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 418 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 1,075 spots in 1996 (#665 → #1,740)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1954 at #308 (548 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1947–1963
- Highest: 1 in 3,720 boys born in 1954 were named Unknown (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.5% of all boys named Unknown (4,206) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #653 (1881) | #815 |
| 1890s | 97 | #543 (1898) | #718 |
| 1900s | 98 | #536 (1902) | #863 |
| 1910s | 211 | #732 (1911) | #1,243 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,551 (1923) | #2,322 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,178 (1930) | #3,050 |
| 1940s | 711 | #402 (1949) | #1,375 |
| 1950s | 4,206 | #308 (1954) | #372 |
| 1960s | 762 | #563 (1960) | #1,044 |
| 1970s | 196 | #1,278 (1970) | #2,467 |
| 1980s | 443 | #609 (1989) | #3,407 |
| 1990s | 1,296 | #588 (1991) | #1,755 |
| 2000s | 413 | #1,459 (2009) | #3,140 |
| 2010s | 790 | #1,588 (2012) | #1,898 |
| 2020s | 401 | #1,823 (2021) | #2,249 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Unknown in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 24,810 of them was named Unknown, which outranked 87.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,469Therese73
- #2,469Xena73
- #2,469Zamiyah73
- #2,497Unknown72
- #2,497Alliyah72
- #2,497Alysson72
- #2,497Analiyah72
- #2,517Adara71
- #2,517Agatha71
- #2,517Anisha71
Tied with 19 names at #2,497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 24,315 of them was named Unknown, which outranked 86.8% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,844Shepard80
- #1,844Treyvon80
- #1,844Yousuf80
- #1,857Unknown79
- #1,857Arham79
- #1,857Breck79
- #1,857Devante79
- #1,873Anay78
- #1,873Braylan78
- #1,873Charley78
Tied with 15 names at #1,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.