Sunil — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sunil

The Social Security Administration has registered 989 babies named Sunil between 1962 and 2019, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sunil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunil performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sunil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 159 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sunil in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sunil 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 989 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.