Girls' name · since 1965
Sunja
Sunja has 11 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sunja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Sunja recorded 11 times among girls since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1977.
- #54,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunja ranks #54,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #54,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sunja's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sunja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sunja's full recorded timeline at 1977, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sunja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Sunja by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Sunja's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Sunja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunja: 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 (~12 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, 1965–1977 (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 Sunja 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.