Sunday

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sunday: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #774, and it stood at #980 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#774highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2007	#4294
2009	#5556
2017	#5765
2018	#2901
2019	#2040
2020	#955
2021	#860
2022	#982
2023	#774
2024	#980

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #774 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #980 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sunday by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Sunday in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	24	3 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	194	5 of 10	39

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

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

Sunday 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #774 in England and Wales in 2023.

Sunday'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	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#774	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#982	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#860	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#955	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #774, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#980position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
46births registered in its largest year, 202325 to 49 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.

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Sundus · #1406, 28y
Sunni · #2418, 12y

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.

Renesmae · #774, 12y
Isla-Rae · #778, 14y
Willow-Grace · #778, 14y
Zohaan · #791, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ranveer · #774, 27y
Essa · #773, 27y
Mehtab · #773, 20y
Cadi · #776, 28y

Sunday was ranked #774 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. 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.

Sunday 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 Sunday without appearing here.

Sunday moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5556 and #3422 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #955 and #5493.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #955 and #4535.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Sunday

Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #774 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #980 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Sunday

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Sunday

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunday went from #3824 to #980 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #774 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sunday

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Sunday by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sunday at a glance

Sunday by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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