Unai
Unai is a Basque male given name, which means "cowherd". It is one of the most popular first names for boys in the Basque Country.
- Basque
Meaning & Origin of Unai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Unai is a Basque male given name, which means "cowherd". It is one of the most popular first names for boys in the Basque Country.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
The Story of Unai
The earliest SSA record of Unai as a baby boy name dates back to 2017, when 5 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Unai — #6,024 in the national rankings. About 86% of every Unai on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Unai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Unai
Unai is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2017 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Unai's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #6,024. Use the chart and map above to compare Unai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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