Girls' name · since 1956
Suni
Suni has 393 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,593 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 393
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Suni is the #5593 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 393 recorded since 1956.
Suni has 393 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5593 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #13,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,593 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 393 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suni ranks #13,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,593 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 393 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,593 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 393
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Suni's 393 recorded births place it above 81.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Suni compares
393 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Suni's all-time total is 5% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Suni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 393 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Suni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Suni's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Suni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Suni by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (112 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Suni's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Suni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
112 births
- 1990s 44
1990s
44 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 112 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Suni's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (112 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Suni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Suni 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.