Girls' name · since 1953
Sunee
52 babies named Sunee in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
52 girls have been named Sunee since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunee has been recorded 52 times among girls since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2014.
- #34,669 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1953
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunee ranks #34,669 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1953, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sunee's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sunee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sunee splits its recorded history at 2000: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sunee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
52 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 8 births in a single year.
Sunee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Sunee's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Sunee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (35% of all-time use).
Sunee decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~61 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, 1953–2014 (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 Sunee 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.
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