Is Sunita a boy or girl name?

Sunita is a girl’s name. Of the 609 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Sunita

Recorded 1963–2023 · United States

Sunita was most popular in 1983, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,669 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 609 people named Sunita.

Sunita over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sunita’s peak in 1983. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sunita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sunita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 609 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sunita

Where Sunita is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 11.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org