Girls' name · since 2005
Sunniva
178 babies named Sunniva in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunniva currently ranks #5210 among girls' names in America, with 178 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunniva has been recorded 178 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #5210 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #21,039 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,210 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunniva ranks #21,039 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,210 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunniva's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sunniva compares
178 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sunniva's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sunniva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sunniva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sunniva splits its recorded history at 2018: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sunniva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Sunniva by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (117 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Sunniva's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Sunniva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 117 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunniva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Sunniva 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.