Unborn
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Unborn has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.
Babies named Unborn, 1976
1 in 233,000
Unborn over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Unborn over time
In 1976, Unborn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Unborn?
Unborn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1976
- 1 in 233,000
- 13 of 3,034,007 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 113,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1976
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 161,771 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Unborn sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 161,771 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Unborn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Unborns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Unborn was born before 1975 — so the typical Unborn is around 50 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 100.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 32
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (32).
Is Unborn rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1975 (19)
- Years since peak
- 50
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Where Unborn is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Unborn was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 107,409 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Tennessee1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Unborn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Unborn is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Unborn was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 526,469 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Tennessee1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Unborn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Unborn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Unborn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Unborn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.