Sunday
#946 for girls in 2025, 273 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to girls 96.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 273 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,197since 1924
Sunday over time
Rank among girls' names. Sunday has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #946 | 273 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #1,056 | 236 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #1,287 | 178 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #1,692 | 123 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #1,861 | 107 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #2,170 | 83 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,603 | 43 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 | — | |
| 1966 | #983 | 109 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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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.
Where Sunday is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#540 · 1 in 2,112
- Colorado#870 · 1 in 4,363
- Tennessee#910 · 1 in 4,508
- Florida#1,179 · 1 in 7,178
- Michigan#1,217 · 1 in 7,410
Best ever in a state: #349 in Kansas, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #540 | 7 | 1 in 2,112 |
| Colorado | #870 | 5 | 1 in 4,363 |
| Tennessee | #910 | 7 | 1 in 4,508 |
| Florida | #1,179 | 12 | 1 in 7,178 |
| Michigan | #1,217 | 5 | 1 in 7,410 |
| Georgia | #1,334 | 6 | 1 in 7,633 |
| California | #1,463 | 17 | 1 in 10,222 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sunday
- 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)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2025 at #946 (273 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1966–2025
- Highest: 1 in 5,887 girls born in 2025 were named Sunday (0.02%)
- 31.3% of all girls named Sunday (1,000) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,434 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,638 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,790 (1947) | #2,817 |
| 1950s | 244 | #1,875 (1954) | #2,172 |
| 1960s | 511 | #983 (1966) | #1,691 |
| 1970s | 455 | #1,594 (1971) | #2,002 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,093 (1982) | #5,497 |
| 1990s | 139 | #4,808 (1991) | #6,811 |
| 2000s | 131 | #4,931 (2009) | #9,683 |
| 2010s | 411 | #2,814 (2019) | #3,798 |
| 2020s | 1,000 | #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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 13,334 of them was named Sunday, which outranked 90.5% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,684Kalayah124
- #1,684Lois124
- #1,684Skylah124
- #1,692Sunday123
- #1,692Ahlani123
- #1,692Amberly123
- #1,692Arie123
- #1,710Cirilla122
- #1,710Denisse122
- #1,710Haizley122
Tied with 17 names at #1,692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 249,430 of them was named Sunday, which outranked 31.5% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,990Zyree8
- #8,990Zyren8
- #8,990Zyrus8
- #9,823Sunday7
- #9,823Aaban7
- #9,823Aarik7
- #9,823Aashay7
- #10,863Aadan6
- #10,863Aagam6
- #10,863Aahaan6
Tied with 1,039 names at #9,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.