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How popular is the name Sullivan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sullivans are alive today.
Sullivan (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 274th in 2025 with 165 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 174 babies were given the name, the 269th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Sullivan you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Sullivans born in England and Wales are between 3 and 12, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sullivan - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Sullivan.
How many babies are named Sullivan each year?
Where does Sullivan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sullivan most popular?
Sullivan peaked in 2024, when 174 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sullivan?
At least 1,500 people named Sullivan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sullivan?
Most living Sullivans are between 3 and 12; the most common age is about 2.
Is Sullivan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.