Sully

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sully: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #509, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#509highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2006	#4052
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#2964
2015	#3373
2016	#3478
2017	#2052
2018	#2693
2019	#1869
2020	#1548
2021	#1078
2022	#993
2023	#719
2024	#509

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #509 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #509 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sully 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 Sully in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	59	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	195	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 30, from 47 to 77.

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

Sully appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #509 in England and Wales in 2024.

Sully'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	male	#509	77	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#719	47	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#993	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #509, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Suliman · #1174, 28y
Sullivan · #269, 29y
Sultan · #375, 29y
Sultana · #1434, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Mick · #509, 13y
Miron · #509, 15y
Guste · #510, 15y
Levente · #508, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Miron · #509, 15y
Guste · #510, 15y
Levente · #508, 16y
Saidhbh · #511, 10y

Sully was ranked #509 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sully 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 Sully without appearing here.

Sully moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2052 and #4812.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2052 and #4812.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #3937.
Tor Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #3937.

Moved the opposite way to Sully

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Sully

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sully went from #3208 to #509 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #509 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sully

Sully at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sully by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sully appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Sully

Sully and the names beside it

Sully moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Sully

Moved the same way as Sully

Sully at a glance

Sully by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sully appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Sully

Sully and the names beside it

Sully moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Sully

Moved the same way as Sully