Sullivan
Boy · SUL-i-van · Irish
Sullivan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 294th for boys in the UK (171 babies) and 314th for boys in the US (1,083 babies).
What does Sullivan mean?
Irish: from the surname Ó Súileabháin
From the Irish surname Ó Súileabháin, based on súil, eye; the O'Sullivans were a leading family of Munster.
- Say it
- SUL-i-van
Is Sullivan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sullivan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 171 boys in the UK and 74 girls and 1,083 boys in the US.
How popular is Sullivan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #294among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 171about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 171 boys in the UK were named Sullivan, making it the 294th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 446th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 189 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sullivan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 274th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Sullivan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #294 |
| 2024 | 189 | #277 |
| 2023 | 130 | #361 |
| 2022 | 115 | #410 |
| 2021 | 106 | #443 |
| 2020 | 99 | #446 |
| 2019 | 83 | #527 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 84 | #528 |
| 2016 | 72 | #585 |
| 2015 | 70 | #588 |
| 2014 | 68 | #591 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 44 | #793 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Sullivan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #314among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,083about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,083 boys in the US were named Sullivan, making it the 314th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 398th. It first appears in the records in 1884. 74 girls were also named Sullivan in 2025 (2,410th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sullivan of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Sullivan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sullivan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,083 | #314 |
| 2024 | 1,016 | #339 |
| 2023 | 918 | #358 |
| 2022 | 901 | #366 |
| 2021 | 876 | #372 |
| 2020 | 770 | #398 |
| 2019 | 778 | #401 |
| 2018 | 822 | #388 |
| 2017 | 797 | #401 |
| 2016 | 783 | #409 |
| 2015 | 667 | #455 |
| 2014 | 634 | #462 |
| 2013 | 540 | #503 |
| 2012 | 548 | #489 |
| 2011 | 488 | #523 |
| 2010 | 371 | #647 |
| 2009 | 380 | #653 |
| 2008 | 332 | #705 |
| 2007 | 314 | #730 |
| 2006 | 203 | #930 |
| 2005 | 190 | #925 |
| 2004 | 177 | #948 |
| 2003 | 171 | #955 |
| 2002 | 159 | #987 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,127 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,433 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,356 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
Nicknames for Sullivan
- Sully 76 boys in the UK in 2025
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