Carys vs Sunday
Carys and Sundaycompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Carys was ranked #997 and Sunday #951 among girls in England and Wales.
Carys and Sunday over time
Carys and Sunday appear together in 1 published list, across 12 years of shared records. Carys held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sunday in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Carys reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sunday in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls12 shared years, 1997–2025
Carys held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Sunday in 1.
Highest recorded here: Carys #172 in 2007, Sunday #774 in 2023.
The order changed in 2025: Sunday moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #855 and #980; by 2025 that had become #997 and #951.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Carys #997, Sunday #951.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Carys | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #997 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #951 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Carys and Sunday both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Carys
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #199 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #130 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #997 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Sunday
Popularity journey
First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #774 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1997–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #951 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls