Sunday — #1069 US girls' name
2,920 babies named Sunday in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Sunday was born in this single decade.
232 babies were named Sunday in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sunday
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,920 babies named Sunday between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sunday currently holds the #1069 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 232 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunday performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 723 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sunday shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 286 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sunday in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sunday 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 2,920 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.
Sunday at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sunday popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (2024)
- 232
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #1069 among girls.
2,920 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 232 births in a single year.
Sunday popularity over time — boys
102 total births recorded since 1916 (Sunday as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sunday accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sunday by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 723 births that decade — 25% of Sunday's all-time total
Sunday decade highlights
- Peak decade 723 births
- Runner-up 511 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Sunday's strongest decade
723 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Sunday by state
Where Sunday concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 286 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 143 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 67 | 2.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 49 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 40 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 32 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 23 | 0.8% |
286 of 2,920 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sunday appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1924–2024 (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.