How Many People Are Named Sully?
people named Sully are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 330,226 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,050 babies named Sully in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sully, 35% were girls and 65% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sully fell from 100% in the 1980s to 20.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sully alive today is about 18 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sully first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 2011, to 47 babies. In 2025, 41 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sully has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,842, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #3,370. Among girls, its best rank was #2,412, in 1984.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,370 | #14,720 |
| Best rank | #2,842 (2011) | #2,412 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,008 in the 2010s | #4,823 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sully alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sully were born in California than in any other state: about 51 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sully was given about 2.9 times as often in California.
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