Unto

Boys' name

Possibly dream, sleep, through Untamo

Unto has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1917. 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 1917, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Unto, 1917

1 in 401,000

Unto over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Unto: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly dream, sleep, through Untamo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Unto means

Unto belongs to the name family reached through Unto → Untamo. Its meaning is “dream, sleep”.

Origin, language, and formation

Unto is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Untamo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Unto is pronounced /ˈunto/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Unto between 1917 and 1917. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1917; its best national rank was #4,544 in 1917.

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.

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How common is Unto?

Unto had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1917, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1917: 1 in 401,000; 5 of 2,006,698 births
Among boys only: 1 in 185,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1917: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 278,189 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Unto sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1917 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 278,189 children born in 1917 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Unto. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Untos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Unto was born before 1917 — so the typical Unto is around 108 today.

Median birth year: 1917; About 108 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Unto 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 1917 (5)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,544; 1917

Spellings of Unto

Unto is not the most common spelling — Otto is, with 30.5% against Unto's <0.01%.

Otto30.5%39,915
Enzo26.7%34,952
Anton18.3%23,915
Vito11.5%15,052
Santo3.7%4,876
Tito2.6%3,376
Neo2.4%3,117
Justo1.3%1,737

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.

Unto by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,544; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 5 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1917
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Unto

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

Ianto Trento Giacinto Monsanto Bento Pioquinto Jasinto Kento Quinto Toronto Crisanto Santo Sacramento Jacinto

Sibling names for Unto

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

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

Explore around Unto

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