Sundae — #12279 US girls' name
393 babies named Sundae in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Sundae was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Sundae in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sundae
The Social Security Administration has registered 393 babies named Sundae between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sundae currently holds the #12279 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sundae performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Sundae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sundae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sundae 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 393 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.
Sundae at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Sundae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (1966)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #12279 among girls.
393 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 22 births in a single year.
Sundae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 109 births that decade — 28% of Sundae's all-time total
Sundae decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sundae's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Sundae by state
Where Sundae concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 393 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1948–2024 (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.