Recorded 1989–2023 Girls' name Peak 1990 42 births

Sunna — girls' name

42 babies named Sunna in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Sunna was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

8 babies were named Sunna in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sunna

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Sunna between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sunna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sunna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sunna 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 42 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.

Sunna at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

42

Since 1989

35 years of records

Peak year

1990

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1989

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sunna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1990)
8
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
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Sunna by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
13 births that decade — 31% of Sunna's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sunna?
42 babies have been named Sunna since 1989. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1990 with 8 births.
When was Sunna most popular?
Sunna was most popular in the 1990s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Sunna been used?
Sunna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 35 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sunna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sunny, Sunshine, Sunday, Sunnie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1989–2023 (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.