Recorded 1918–1926 Boys' name Peak 1923 39 births

Sunao — boys' name

39 babies named Sunao in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111920s28
1920s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Sunao was born in this single decade.

1923
Single peak year

12 babies were named Sunao in 1923 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sunao

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Sunao between 1918 and 1926, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sunao currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunao performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sunao shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sunao in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sunao in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Sunao at a glance

Last recorded 1926

Total births

39

Since 1918

9 years of records

Peak year

1923

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1926

Active since

1918

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 1926

Sunao popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1918

Last recorded 1926
Peak year (1923)
12
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
468101214 192619231922192119191918 5

Sunao by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
28 births that decade — 72% of Sunao's all-time total
1910s111920s28

Sunao by state

Where Sunao concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sunao
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
20 51.3%
Hawaii share of Sunao's total US births 51.3%

20 of 39 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sunao?
39 babies have been named Sunao since 1918. It was last recorded in 1926. The peak year was 1923 with 12 births.
When was Sunao most popular?
Sunao was most popular in the 1920s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 1923.
Where is Sunao most popular?
The top states for the name Sunao are Hawaii (20 births).
How long has the name Sunao been used?
Sunao has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 9 years of data through 1926.
What names are similar to Sunao?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sunny, Sunil, Sun, Sung, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1926 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.