girls:
137 births since 2005
#5579 (2nd percentile)
overall:
137 births since 2005
#7602 (2nd percentile)
The name Sunniva is the #7,602 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 137 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,579 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 2005.
Sunniva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (first recorded for girls in 2005). Birth data for Sunniva is available in 13 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Sunniva reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #922) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sunniva is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #922 (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sunniva".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Sunniva. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.7% confident that Sunniva is pronounced as SUH-nih-vuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-NEE-vuh, at 22.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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