How rare is the name Sunita?

4,728 people in the United States have the first name Sunita, about 1 in 63,881. It ranks #4,087 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SUNITA

#4,087

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,728
About
1 in 63,881
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,728 people named Sunita, 87.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.1% as Black and 3.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sunita peaked in 1983, when 28 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632023
Peak year
1983
Births that year
28
In 2023
5 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 609 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Sunita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #5,934. The largest share of babies named Sunita, 40.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#8,75754
1970s#5,934170
1980s#6,642187
1990s#11,967113
2000s#20,22369
2010s#39,70011
2020s#39,3255
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–8039.4%
Millennials 1981–9640.9%
Generation Z 1997–1217.1%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Sunita

#4,085 Wolfgang · 4,732#4,086 Davian · 4,729#4,088 Bridger · 4,727#4,089 Konner · 4,725

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sunita, most common first.

#9,787 Sunitha · 1,400#18,954 Sumita · 564#38,294 Sunit · 201#47,857 Suniti · 135

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