How rare is the name Sunil?

7,064 people in the United States have the first name Sunil, about 1 in 42,756. It ranks #3,110 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SUNIL

#3,110

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,064
About
1 in 42,756
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,064 people named Sunil, 91.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.4% as White and 2.4% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sunil peaked in 1979, when 42 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622019
Peak year
1979
Births that year
42
In 2019
6 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 989 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Sunil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #4,103. The largest share of babies named Sunil, 40.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#6,51099
1970s#4,103300
1980s#5,017285
1990s#9,087169
2000s#16,80195
2010s#26,45441
Baby boom 1946–642.8%
Generation X 1965–8040.7%
Millennials 1981–9637.9%
Generation Z 1997–1216.7%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Sunil

#3,108 Garrison · 7,072#3,109 Xiao · 7,066#3,111 Jaidyn · 7,062#3,112 Briar · 7,060

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sunil, most common first.

#31,941 Sunila · 266

Also a last name

As a last name, Sunil ranks #43,268 of 156,621, with 538 people. See Sunil as a last name

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