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
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,197
since 1924

Sunday over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sunday has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#946273#5,39917
2024#1,056236#7,76510
2023#1,287178#7,73810
2022#1,692123#9,8237
2021#1,861107#9,7147
2020#2,17083—
2019#2,81459#10,8036
2018#3,34647#12,1565
2017#3,76940#12,2465
2016#4,15735—
2015#5,12726—
2014#3,58543—
2013#3,84939—
2012#3,91539—
2011#3,60343#12,2875
2010#3,81640—
2009#4,93129—
2008#6,13022—
2007#12,6768—
2006#7,86815—
2005#9,45211—
2004#14,1796—
2003#11,3258—
2002#8,28012—
2001#6,95615—
2000#15,0315—
1999#9,4799—
1998#6,71914—
1997#7,74211—
1996#6,06415#7,9716
1995#5,43917—
1994#9,5868#8,8005
1993#7,49811#8,7005
1992#5,48417—
1991#4,80820—
1990#5,28617—
1989#7,44910—
1988#6,66611—
1987#6,78810—
1986#7,7498—
1985#5,07714—
1984#4,96614—
1983#5,45712—
1982#3,09328—
1981#4,00519—
1980#3,71921—
1979#2,72432#6,0565
1978#2,09245#5,0596
1977#2,46335—
1976#1,79452—
1975#1,98644—
1974#1,63057—
1973#1,85745—
1972#1,89044—
1971#1,59459—
1970#1,98642—
1969#1,66752—
1968#1,59452—
1967#1,37264—
1966#983109—
1965#1,67245—
1964#1,91838—
1963#2,25228—
1962#2,11331—
1961#1,72044—
1960#1,61748—
1959#2,19127—
1958#2,44922—
1957#2,27624—
1956#2,19425—
1955#2,02428—
1954#1,87531—
1953#2,01726—
1952#2,20022—
1951#2,24520—
1950#2,25319—
1949#2,06922—
1948#2,00823—
1947#1,79029—
1946#2,59714—
1945#3,6767—
1944#2,62512—
1943#3,04010—
1942#3,4448—
1941#3,9546—
1940#2,9639—
1939#3,4297—
1938#3,8476—
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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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,062 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,092 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedWIMichigan: #721 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,179 girlsMINew York: #1,270 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 23,249 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sunday, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#721 · 1 in 10,179
  2. Illinois#1,062 · 1 in 17,092
  3. New York#1,270 · 1 in 23,249

Best ever in a state: #349 in Kansas, 1966.

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Michigan#72171 in 10,179
Illinois#1,06251 in 17,092
New York#1,27061 in 23,249
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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
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
1930s13#3,429 (1939)#3,638
1940s140#1,790 (1947)#2,817
1950s244#1,875 (1954)#2,172
1960s511#983 (1966)#1,691
1970s455#1,594 (1971)#2,002
1980s147#3,093 (1982)#5,497
1990s139#4,808 (1991)#6,811
2000s131#4,931 (2009)#9,683
2010s411#2,814 (2019)#3,798
2020s1,000#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 1967

girls
#1,372
64 births · 1 in 25,797 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #1,372Sunday64
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 25,797 of them was named Sunday, which outranked 82.5% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sunday
  1. #1,360Renay65
  2. #1,360Roseanna65
  3. #1,360Socorro65
  4. #1,372Sunday64
  5. #1,372Adela64
  6. #1,372Carolann64
  7. #1,372Charlette64
  8. #1,382Candie63
  9. #1,382Daneen63
  10. #1,382Debbi63

Tied with 9 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1967 →