Sunaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-NAI-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sunaina is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “with beautiful eyes”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sunaina mean?
Sanskrit: from su 'good' and naina 'eyes'
“with beautiful eyes”
In the Ramayana, Sunaina is the queen of King Janaka and mother of Sita.
Is Sunaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Sunaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sunaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sunaina, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sunaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sunaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sunaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sunaina, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more girls named Sunaina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sunaina in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sunaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Sunaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Safiya Amira Aaliyah Sumayyah Khadija Abeeha Halima Sabiha Salma
Names related to Sunaina
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sunaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sunaina, updated 20 October 2026.