Sunni

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sunni: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sunni: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,418 in 2005, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2418highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2002	#4137
2011	#4764
2013	#5742
2021	#5581
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 9 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2418 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sunni appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 35 births with the name.

Sunni across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sunni's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2418 (2005)	#5119 (2024)	9 of 29	35 (1996–2024)	6 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#3142 (1998)	#3142 (1998)	#4192 (2024)	6 of 27	22 (1998–2024)	5 (2024)

Sunni by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sunni in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sunni appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2418 in England and Wales in 2005.

Sunni's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,418, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
6births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sunday · #774, 11y
Sundus · #1406, 28y
Sunnie · #541, 20y
Sunniva · #32, 66y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hamim · #2418, 11y
Mauricio · #2418, 12y
Sahand · #2418, 15y
Enver · #2419, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Sahand · #2418, 15y
Enver · #2419, 10y
Fatih · #2419, 13y
Jashan · #2419, 19y

Sunni and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sunni without appearing here.

Sunni moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.
Malin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Sunni

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #4137.
Dylan Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #4137.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2418 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sunni

Sunni at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sunni across 2 official records

Sunni by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sunni appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sunni and the names beside it

Sunni moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sunni

Sunni at a glance

Sunni across 2 official records

Sunni by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sunni appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sunni and the names beside it

Sunni moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sunni