How Many People Are Named Sunita?
people named Sunita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 584,247 people in the US has this name
Based on 609 babies named Sunita in Social Security records from 1963 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "well conducted, wise", derived from the Sanskrit prefix เคธเฅ (su) meaning "good" combined with เคจเฅเคค (nita) meaning "conducted, led". In Hindu legend this is the name of the daughter of King Anga of Bengal.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sunita in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sunita alive today is about 40 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 49 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sunita first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1983, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2023
๐ Rank History
Sunita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,054, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,054 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,295 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sunita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sunita were born in New York than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sunita was given about 12.5 times as often in New York.
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