Boys' name · since 2018
Sunwoo
18 babies named Sunwoo in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunwoo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunwoo has been recorded 18 times among boys since 2018, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2018 to 2022.
- #29,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunwoo ranks #29,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunwoo's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sunwoo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sunwoo's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sunwoo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2022
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Sunwoo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Sunwoo's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Sunwoo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sunwoo: 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 (~4 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, 2018–2022 (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 Sunwoo 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.