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
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,197since 1924
Sunday over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sunday has never cracked the top 900 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 | 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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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.
Where Sunday is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Arizona | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| North Carolina | #780 | 12 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Texas | #861 | 34 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Florida | #959 | 16 | 1 in 5,423 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| California | #997 | 27 | 1 in 5,990 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| New York | #1,418 | 9 | 1 in 8,703 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,224 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #946)
- Biggest jump: 689 spots in 1966
- Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1967
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
| 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.
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