Sunday Girl
How popular is Sunday?
#946 girl name in 2025
273 baby girls were named Sunday in the US in 2025, making it the 946th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
Sunday popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #946 for girls (▲ 110 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 273 girls, 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+950% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,125 in 2015, #2,170 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (273 girls) |
| Highest rank | #946 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sunday counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sunday family of names ranked #837 for girls in 2025 (#910 the year before), with 280 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 273 | 98% |
| Sundai | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sunday is most popular
Babies named Sunday per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Sunday by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,789 |
| 1950s | 244 | #1,874 |
| 1960s | 511 | #983 |
| 1970s | 455 | #1,594 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,092 |
| 1990s | 139 | #4,802 |
| 2000s | 131 | #4,930 |
| 2010s | 411 | #2,814 |
| 2020s | 1,000 | #946 |
Girl names about as popular as Sunday
Questions
- Is Sunday a boy or girl name?
- Sunday is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Sunday were girls.
- How popular is the name Sunday?
- 273 baby girls were named Sunday in the US in 2025, making it the 946th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
- When was Sunday most popular?
- Sunday peaked in 2025, when 273 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #946 in 2025.
- How many people are named Sunday?
- 3,317 babies have been named Sunday in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,097 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Sunday most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sunday was most common in Kentucky, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.