Unisex name · since 1971
Sundance
70 babies named Sundance in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sundance is the #12328 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 1971.
Sundance has 70 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12328 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #19,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,328 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sundance ranks #19,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,328 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 70 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sundance's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sundance compares
70 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sundance's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sundance | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sundance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sundance's full recorded timeline at 1978, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sundance popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Sundance popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1977 (Sundance as girls' name)
Sundance by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 70% of the file).
1970s was Sundance's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Sundance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Sundance's decade-level peak was the 1970s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sundance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sundance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.