Sunjay — boys' name
49 babies named Sunjay in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Sunjay was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Sunjay in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sunjay
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Sunjay between 1986 and 2006, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sunjay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunjay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sunjay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sunjay 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 49 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.
Sunjay at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sunjay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1986
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
49 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Sunjay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 27 births that decade — 55% of Sunjay's all-time total
Sunjay decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sunjay's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.