Sunday

#946 for girls in 2025, 273 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to girls 96.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 273 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,197
since 1924

Sunday over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sunday has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#946273#5,39917
2024#1,056236#7,76510
2023#1,287178#7,73810
2022#1,692123#9,8237
2021#1,861107#9,7147
2020#2,17083
2019#2,81459#10,8036
2018#3,34647#12,1565
2017#3,76940#12,2465
2016#4,15735
2015#5,12726
2014#3,58543
2013#3,84939
2012#3,91539
2011#3,60343#12,2875
2010#3,81640
2009#4,93129
2008#6,13022
2007#12,6768
2006#7,86815
2005#9,45211
2004#14,1796
2003#11,3258
2002#8,28012
2001#6,95615
2000#15,0315
1999#9,4799
1998#6,71914
1997#7,74211
1996#6,06415#7,9716
1995#5,43917
1994#9,5868#8,8005
1993#7,49811#8,7005
1992#5,48417
1991#4,80820
1990#5,28617
1989#7,44910
1988#6,66611
1987#6,78810
1986#7,7498
1985#5,07714
1984#4,96614
1983#5,45712
1982#3,09328
1981#4,00519
1980#3,71921
1979#2,72432#6,0565
1978#2,09245#5,0596
1977#2,46335
1976#1,79452
1975#1,98644
1974#1,63057
1973#1,85745
1972#1,89044
1971#1,59459
1970#1,98642
1969#1,66752
1968#1,59452
1967#1,37264
1966#983109
1965#1,67245
1964#1,91838
1963#2,25228
1962#2,11331
1961#1,72044
1960#1,61748
1959#2,19127
1958#2,44922
1957#2,27624
1956#2,19425
1955#2,02428
1954#1,87531
1953#2,01726
1952#2,20022
1951#2,24520
1950#2,25319
1949#2,06922
1948#2,00823
1947#1,79029
1946#2,59714
1945#3,6767
1944#2,62512
1943#3,04010
1942#3,4448
1941#3,9546
1940#2,9639
1939#3,4297
1938#3,8476
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1924#4,4346
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1916#3,1777
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Sunday! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1937, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sunday
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 110 spots since 2024 (#1,056#946)
  • 1,224 spots since 2020 (#2,170#946)
  • 4,181 spots since 2015 (#5,127#946)
  • Biggest jump: 689 spots in 1966 (#1,672#983)
  • Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1967 (#983#1,372)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 2025 at #946 (273 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1966–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,887
  • Highest: 1 in 5,887 girls born in 2025 were named Sunday (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Sunday (1,000) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
1930s13#3,429 (1939)#3,638
1940s140#1,790 (1947)#2,817
1950s244#1,875 (1954)#2,172
1960s511#983 (1966)#1,691
1970s455#1,594 (1971)#2,002
1980s147#3,093 (1982)#5,497
1990s139#4,808 (1991)#6,811
2000s131#4,931 (2009)#9,683
2010s411#2,814 (2019)#3,798
2020s1,000#946 (2025)#1,502

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sunday in 1973

girls
#1,857
45 births · 1 in 32,405 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,857Sunday45
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 32,405 of them was named Sunday, which outranked 81.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sunday
  1. #1,832Sari46
  2. #1,832Shyla46
  3. #1,832Tavia46
  4. #1,857Sunday45
  5. #1,857Anabel45
  6. #1,857Awilda45
  7. #1,857Carl45
  8. #1,885Alessandra44
  9. #1,885Beckie44
  10. #1,885Chrissy44

Tied with 27 names at #1,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973