Sunday
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SUN-day
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #996 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #946 for girls
Sunday is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “day of the sun”. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 946th for girls in the US (273 babies).
What does Sunday mean?
English: from the weekday name, Old English sunnandæg
“day of the sun”
The English weekday name is a translation of Latin dies solis, meaning day of the sun.
Is Sunday a girl's or a boy's name?
Sunday is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 273 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Sunday in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #996among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 103% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Sunday, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 974th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sunday in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales.
Sunday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #996 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 45 | #860 |
| 2020 | 38 | #974 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sunday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #946among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 273about 1 in 5,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 263% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 273 girls in the US were named Sunday, making it the 946th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. It first appears in the records in 1924. 17 boys were also named Sunday in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had the most girls named Sunday of any year since it first appeared, in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Sunday in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 291 girls in the US were given Sunday or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #850, up from #946 for this spelling alone.
Sunday in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 273 | #946 |
| 2024 | 236 | #1,056 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,287 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,861 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,630 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,594 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,594 |
| 1967 | 64 | #1,372 |
| 1966 | 109 | #983 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
Names like Sunday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett Ivy Willow Harper Autumn Honey Thea Poppy Lily Freya Sunny Sylvie
Other spellings of Sunday
More English names
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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, “Sunday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sunday, updated 20 October 2026.