NameTides

Sunday

Sunday was the #946 girls' name in the US in 2025 (273 babies), and #951 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Sunday as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Sunday as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sunday as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#946 (273)#951 (37)—#1,177 (22)
2024#1,056 (236)#980 (36)—#1,833 (12)
2023#1,287 (178)#774 (46)#365 (9)#1,774 (12)
2022#1,692 (123)#982 (35)#418 (7)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,861 (107)#860 (41)#652 (4)#2,616 (7)
2020#2,170 (83)#955 (36)—#3,251 (5)
2019#2,814 (59)#2,040 (13)#650 (4)—
2018#3,346 (47)#2,901 (8)—#2,587 (7)
2017#3,769 (40)#5,765 (3)——
2016#4,157 (35)———
2015#5,127 (26)———
2014#3,585 (43)———
2013#3,849 (39)——#3,286 (5)
2012#3,915 (39)———
2011#3,603 (43)——#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #946.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Sunday were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sunday is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sunday by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #959FL
Sunday (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Sunday (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SundayCanadaGirls#1,17722
SundayEngland & WalesGirls#95137
SundayNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SundayScotlandGirls—too few
SundayUSGirls#946273
SundayUSBoys#5,39917