How Many People Are Named Sunil?
people named Sunil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 371,505 people in the US has this name
Based on 989 babies named Sunil in Social Security records from 1962 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sanskrit เคธเฅ (su) meaning "good, very" combined with เคจเฅเคฒ (nila) meaning "dark blue".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sunil in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sunil alive today is about 40 years old, and 76% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 49 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sunil first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1979, to 42 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2019
๐ Rank History
Sunil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,461, in 1979.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,461 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,673 in the 1970s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sunil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sunil were born in New York than in any other state: about 148 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sunil was given about 9.3 times as often in New York.
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