Sundance

Popularity Trends

The name Sundance is the #7,664 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 75 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,521 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1977.

Sundance first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Sundance is available in 11 out of the 47 years between 1971 and 2017 (10 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Sundance has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2017, 0.0% of babies named Sundance were boys. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for boys (92.9% boys from 1971 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2009 to 2017).

For boys, Sundance reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #671) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.

For girls, Sundance reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sundance".

1971 2017 19712017

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1977

First Recorded

1977

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#768

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1978

First Recorded

1971

Peak Percentile

0.7%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#671

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sundance", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Sundance.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sundance's popularity from 1968 to 2012 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Sundance at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Sundance range from Veleka at 85.5% correlation to Shajuana at 80.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 81.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Shalon with 1.3K births (90% girls) and the least popular is Tameica with 32 births (100% girls).

Sundance's share of births peaked at 7.7 births per million in 1977 (3 for girls in 1977 and 5.9 for boys in 1978). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (32% of peak) in 1995. In 2017, the most recent period with data, the name Sundance had 2.6 births per million, 34% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Veleka

146

85.48% (very strong)

Faraji

84.29% (very strong)

Latacha

168

82.74% (very strong)

Tameica

82.59% (very strong)

Lakechia

81.77% (very strong)

Tikisha

278

81.40% (very strong)

Akisha

373

81.08% (very strong)

Kwanza

269

80.99% (very strong)

Shalon

1,311

80.87% (very strong)

Kashunda

80.51% (very strong)

Tomekia

709

80.45% (very strong)

Shajuana

241

80.25% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Sundance

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sundance. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 71.8% confident that Sundance is pronounced as SUHN-dans, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SUHN-duhns, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

SUHN-dans

71.8%

SUHN-duhns

23.1%

SUHN-das

5.1%

SUHN-dans (2 syllables)

Verified

71.8% confidence

S AH1 N D AE0 N S

SUHN-duhns (2 syllables)

23.1% confidence

S AH1 N D AH0 N S

SUHN-das (2 syllables)

5.1% confidence

S AH1 N D AE0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Sundance? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Sundance. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Sundance, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AH1 N D AE0 N S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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