Is Sunni a boy or girl name?

Sunni is a girl’s name. Of the 2,635 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 97.4% were girls and 2.6% were boys.

Sunni

Recorded 1949–2025 · United States

Sunni was most popular in 2024, when 134 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,934 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,405, with 106 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,635 people named Sunni.

Sunni over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sunni’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sunni a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sunni is a girl’s name — 97.4% of the 2,635 Americans given it were girls and 2.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% 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 Sunni

Where Sunni is most concentrated

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

Texas 6.3×

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