Sunna
Sunna is a name with a single cultural origin: Icelandic.
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Sunna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sunna is a name with a single cultural origin: Icelandic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Icelandic
The Story of Sunna
The earliest SSA record of Sunna as a baby girl name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Sunna — #9,246 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Sunna on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sunna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 42 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Sunna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sunna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sunneva
- Súsanna
Names that sound like Sunna
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sunna is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sunna
Sunna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 42 births in the dataset. Sunna's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #9,246. Use the chart and map above to compare Sunna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.