Given name

Sunee

“a good thing”

Sunee is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a good thing.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “a good thing.”

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sunee through the years

Babies since 1880
52
0 boys · 52 girls
Most popular year
2014
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sunee in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1953–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 401 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Sunee, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Thai · Modern

Tasanee

“a beautiful view”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Thai · Modern

Kanya

“a young girl; a virgin”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Indian · Modern

Mali

“a ruler; the firstborn son”

31RareRising

10% boys · 90% girls

Germanic languages

Adaline

“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”

70CommonSteady

>99% girls

English

Aubrey

“one who rules with elfwisdom”

74CommonCooling

3% boys · 97% girls

Gaelic · Surname-style

Kennedy

“a helmeted chief”

78CommonEasing

3% boys · 97% girls

Polynesian

Kali

“the dark one; in Hinduism, a destructive force” · “one who provides comfort”

65FamiliarSteady

3% boys · 97% girls

Greek · Biblical

Chloe

“a flourishing woman; blooming”

86Very commonSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sunee’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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