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Sullivan

Girl's name · #2432 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

8% girls · 92% boys — About 92% of babies named Sullivan in recent years have been boys. Sullivan →

Popularity over time

Sullivan reached its best rank, #1954, in 2024 and ranked #2432 in 2025. About 1,400 girls have carried it since 1993.

Across the states

In recent years, Sullivan ran about 12× its national rate in South Carolina.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Sullivan ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,604 in Canada (2023) · #10,503 in Ecuador (2003).

Famous Sullivans

• Sullivan Canaday White — American university teacher (born 1966)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 221,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Louis Sullivan — American architect (1856–1924)
• Anne Sullivan — Teacher and companion of Helen Keller (1866–1936)
• Ed Sullivan — American host and columnist (1901–1974)

What Sullivans become

Among 29 notable people named Sullivan:

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