Unice

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Eunice

Unice has been given to 330 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1923, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Unice, 1986

1 in 711,000

Unice over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Unice over time

In 1986, Unice went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19121986

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.

Unice: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Eunice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Unice means

Unice is a variant of Eunice.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Unice is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Unice → Eunice. The family’s meaning is “good + victory”, recorded in English with the source elements εὐ- and νίκη.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eunice.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 300 girls were recorded with the name Unice between 1912 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,969 in 1912.

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Unice between 1927 and 1950. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1927; its best national rank was #3,935 in 1939.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Unice?

Unice had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1986: 1 in 711,000; 5 of 3,556,724 births
Among girls only: 1 in 343,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1986: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 493,068 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Unice sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1986 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 493,068 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Unice. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Unices were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Unice was born before 1935 — so the typical Unice is around 90 today.

Median birth year: 1935; About 90 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 16.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 95; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Unice 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 1923 (13)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,969; 1912

Spellings of Unice

Unice is not the most common spelling — Alice is, with 52.8% against Unice's 0.03%.

Alice52.8%588,147
Janice36.5%406,448
Eunice7.2%80,336
Denice0.96%10,649
Unique0.68%7,615
Venice0.26%2,946
Jenice0.17%1,927
Junie0.17%1,884

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Unice around the world

Where Unice ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1950–1961
#665
in 1961

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Unice by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,969; 1912
Peak year: 1923; 13 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1986
All-time count: 300
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,935; 1939
Peak year: 1927; 5 that year
First recorded: 1927
Last recorded: 1950
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Unice

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Unity Elice Unika Price Uniqua Unita Brice Avice Joice Rejoice Unica Inice Jaice Lorice Lanice Junice Ellice Monice Latice Allice Marice Anice Joyice Lenice

Sibling names for Unice

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Bethel Rosina

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Bertram Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland

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