Sunni
Sunni was the 1960th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1496th; the most babies were born in 2024 (123). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,019 places. More babies were named Sunni in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,960 girls, up 535 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 99girls
- Girls and boys
- 91% girls, 9% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024123 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,635babies recorded
Sunni popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,960 | #10,541 | 99 | 7 |
| 2020 | #2,495 | #11,845 | 70 | 6 |
| 2010 | #4,957 | — | 29 | — |
| 2000 | #3,261 | — | 42 | — |
| 1990 | #3,066 | — | 37 | — |
| 1980 | #1,673 | — | 69 | — |
| 1970 | #3,299 | — | 20 | — |
| 1960 | #3,893 | — | 12 | — |
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How popular is Sunni, counting every spelling?
Sunni is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,530 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,960 for Sunni on its own. Together these spellings went to 121 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunni | 99 | #1,960 | 475 |
| Suni | 22 | #5,696 | 62 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sunni?
99 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sunni (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sunni 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 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sunni.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sunni?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Sunni are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 8 and 45. That makes Sunni mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Sunni by state
How common Sunni was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (1.7×), Texas (1.6×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sunni: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sunni, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sunni
How popular is the name Sunni?
Sunni was the 1960th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1496th; the most babies were born in 2024 (123). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,019 places. More babies were named Sunni in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sunni a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 91% girls, 9% boys given the name Sunni in the US.
Where is Sunni most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sunni was most common in Louisiana (0.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Georgia.