Boy name#895 of boy names
Sullivan
Pronounced S AH1 L AH0 V AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 141 years in use
How popular is Sullivan?
Sullivan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 15,914 children — the 895th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,011 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S AH1 L AH0 V AH0 N · S AH1 L IH0 V AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Sullivan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Sullivan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Sullivan?
- Sullivan ranks 895th among boys' names in US records, with 15,914 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,322.
- Is Sullivan a unisex name?
- No. Sullivan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Sullivan most popular?
- 2024, when 1,011 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.