Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sunil

#4,838 most common boys' name of all time · #11,954 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2019

Rank among boys
#4,838
Rank overall
#11,954 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
989
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1979 #1,457
Best rank
#1,457 1979
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
19802000

Sunil first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2019 — 6 6 #11,034
2016 — 6 6 #10,990
2015 — 6 6 #10,892
2012 — 10 10 #7,694
2011 — 6 6 #11,097
2010 — 7 7 #9,909
2009 — 10 10 #7,839
2008 — 7 7 #10,098
2007 — 8 8 #9,093
2006 — 8 8 #8,914
2005 — 6 6 #10,427
2004 — 7 7 #9,168
2003 — 10 10 #6,869
2002 — 8 8 #7,834
2001 — 16 16 #4,742
2000 — 15 15 #4,874
1999 — 13 13 #5,129
1998 — 23 23 #3,333
1997 — 11 11 #5,411
1996 — 12 12 #4,977
1995 — 8 8 #6,596
1994 — 19 19 #3,519
1993 — 28 28 #2,611
1992 — 18 18 #3,521
1991 — 25 25 #2,724
1990 — 12 12 #4,526
1989 — 22 22 #2,847
1988 — 15 15 #3,452
1987 — 27 27 #2,197
1986 — 37 37 #1,715
1985 — 21 21 #2,479
1984 — 31 31 #1,827
1983 — 25 25 #2,121
1982 — 33 33 #1,765
1981 — 42 42 #1,494
1980 — 32 32 #1,802
1979 — 42 42 #1,457
1978 — 33 33 #1,680
1977 — 37 37 #1,534
1976 — 26 26 #1,920
1975 — 33 33 #1,579
1974 — 32 32 #1,574
1973 — 26 26 #1,775
1972 — 31 31 #1,558
1971 — 21 21 #2,046
1970 — 19 19 #2,120
1969 — 22 22 #1,807
1968 — 20 20 #1,833
1967 — 14 14 #2,239
1966 — 9 9 #2,974
1965 — 6 6 #3,875
1964 — 10 10 #2,851
1963 — 9 9 #3,042
1962 — 9 9 #3,039