How Many People Are Named Sunita?
An estimated 568 people in the United States have the first name Sunita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Sunita peaked in popularity in 1983 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sunita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sunita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
568
About 1 in 603,441 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1983
28 births
Total Registered
609
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sunita
Sunita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 609 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sunita as a female name
Ranked #17,322 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 1983 (28 births)
Sunita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sunita span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 187 babies were registered. Sunita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sunita by Decade
How has Sunita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sunita by State
Sunita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sunita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sunita
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sunita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sunita?
We estimate approximately 568 people named Sunita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 603,441 Americans share this first name.
Is Sunita a common name?
Sunita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 609 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sunita most popular?
Sunita reached peak popularity in 1983, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sunita is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sunita a female name?
Sunita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sunita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sunita Smith, Sunita Johnson, Sunita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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