Sunil
Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 989since 1962
Sunil over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sunil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #2,169 | 27 |
| 1986 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #1,479 | 42 |
| 1980 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #1,435 | 42 |
| 1978 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five boys were named Sunil! It came in at #2,848, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1979 at #1,435 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,989
- Highest: 1 in 40,989 boys born in 1979 were named Sunil (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,036 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 30.3% of all boys named Sunil (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99 | #1,767 (1969) | #2,548 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,435 (1979) | #1,690 |
| 1980s | 285 | #1,479 (1981) | #2,128 |
| 1990s | 169 | #2,577 (1993) | #4,150 |
| 2000s | 95 | #4,676 (2001) | #7,811 |
| 2010s | 41 | #7,559 (2012) | #10,042 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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