Sully
Sully was the 3371st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2843rd with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,112 places. More babies were named Sully in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,371 boys, up 1,308 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35boys
- Girls and boys
- 19% girls, 81% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201142 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,050babies recorded
Sully popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,725 | #3,371 | 6 | 35 |
| 2020 | #10,986 | #4,679 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | #10,384 | #3,366 | 11 | 33 |
| 2000 | #17,292 | #7,325 | 5 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,676 | — | 21 | — |
| 1980 | #8,961 | — | 7 | — |
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How popular is Sully, counting every spelling?
Sully has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sully?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sully (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sully born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sully.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sully?
About 700 people born in the US named Sully are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 20. That makes Sully mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sully: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sully, they share its era and feel.
Sully is also a nickname for Sullivan and Solomon.
Questions about the name Sully
How popular is the name Sully?
Sully was the 3371st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2843rd with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,112 places. More babies were named Sully in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sully a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 19% girls, 81% boys given the name Sully in the US.