Suni

#5,695 in 2025Girls' name

Son

Suni has been given to 393 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #5,695 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Suni, 2025

1 in 151,000

Suni over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Suni: meaning, origin, and history

Son

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Suni means

Suni means “son”.

Origin, language, and formation

Suni is used in Faroese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Faroese, Suni is pronounced /ˈsuːnɪ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 393 girls were recorded with the name Suni between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,106 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,233 in 2020 to #5,695 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,796 in 2015 to #5,695 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Suni?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 151,000; 22 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 73,100; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #5,695; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 104,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Suni sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Suni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sunis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Suni was born before 1986 — so the typical Suni is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 28.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 27.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 393; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 28.5% of all recorded uses (112).

Is Suni rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,857; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +11,538; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +13,101; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 4.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (22)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,106; 1975

Spellings of Suni

Suni is not the most common spelling — June is, with 21.7% against Suni's 0.04%.

June21.7%205,556
Sue15.2%144,536
Toni10.6%100,198
Luna9.3%87,715
Susie9.1%85,789
Sonia7.0%66,747
Joni3.0%28,815
Zuri1.8%16,844

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Suni around the world

Where Suni ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2005
#3,208
in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Suni by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #5,695
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 11,538
Best rank ever: #4,106; 1975
Peak year: 2025; 22 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 393
Count in 2025: 22

Names similar to Suni

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sun Juni Sundae Sundus Sunni Sundai Sunset Sundi Sung Sunniva Sundee Sunita Yuni Sundra Sunya Sunaina Sundy Ajuni Sunnie Tauni Sunday Suna Sunjai Auni

Sibling names for Suni

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Leonor Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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