Sunni Girl
How popular is Sunni?
#1,942 girl name in 2025
99 baby girls were named Sunni in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Sunni popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,942 for girls (▼ 278 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 99 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+161% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,914 in 2015, #2,468 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (123 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,482 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sunni counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sunny family of names ranked #288 for girls in 2025 (#278 the year before), with 1,140 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sunni is most popular
Babies named Sunni per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Sunni by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 80 | #3,481 |
| 1960s | 115 | #2,585 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,482 |
| 1980s | 524 | #1,657 |
| 1990s | 309 | #3,017 |
| 2000s | 249 | #3,212 |
| 2010s | 362 | #2,752 |
| 2020s | 545 | #1,664 |
Girl names about as popular as Sunni
Questions
- Is Sunni a boy or girl name?
- Sunni is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Sunni were girls.
- How popular is the name Sunni?
- 99 baby girls were named Sunni in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Sunni most popular?
- Sunni peaked in 2024, when 123 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,482 in 1976.
- How many people are named Sunni?
- 2,635 babies have been named Sunni in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,562 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Sunni most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sunni was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.