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Sunil

From Sanskrit सु meaning "good, very" combined with नील meaning "dark blue".

Usage languagesAssamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu
US rank (2019)#10,803

Meaning and history

From Sanskrit सु (su), meaning “good” or “very,” combined with नील (nīla), meaning “dark blue.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20002000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 7 births, rank #9,871
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
20102010: 7 births, rank #9,693
2011: 6 births, rank #10,808
2012: 10 births, rank #7,559
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
20152015: 6 births, rank #10,644
2016: 6 births, rank #10,744
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
20192019: 6 births, rank #10,803

In 2019, 6 babies were recorded with the name Sunil, ranking #10,803 among boys.

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