Sunni

“Of the Sunna; relating to Islamic tradition and custom” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1960 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Sunni reached its best rank, #1496, in 1976 and ranked #1960 in 2025. About 2,600 girls have carried it since 1949. Together with its spelling variants Sunny (#390) and Sunnie (#1094), Sunni would rank around #277 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 71/20/9 across Sunny, Sunnie, and Sunni.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sunnis

Sunni Hughes — Australian soccer player
Sunni Brown — American writer known for her evangelization of the power and value of doodling

Similar names: Sunny · Fatimah · Sury · Rooney · Alyah · Raniyah

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