Sunday

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Sunday is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 232 births. Its best rank was 985th, in 1966.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2320.01% of girls
Peak year: 2024232 births
Best rank: #985in 1966
Since 1924: 3,022people given the name

Babies named Sunday, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,920 girls have been named Sunday in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 232 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 2020s alone account for 25%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 102 boys have also been given it, 3.4% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Sunday
1920s	6
1930s	13
1940s	140
1950s	244
1960s	511
1970s	455
1980s	147
1990s	139
2000s	131
2010s	411
2020s	723

In 2024, its biggest year

Sunday was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Sunday

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.