Unisex name · since 1997
Sunia
Sunia has 12 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Sunia since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunia has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2003.
- #52,362 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunia ranks #52,362 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #52,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sunia's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sunia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sunia's full recorded timeline at 2003, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sunia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Sunia popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2023 (Sunia as boys' name)
Sunia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Sunia's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Sunia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1997–2003 (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 Sunia 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.