Sullivan

What Sullivan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sullivan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #455 in 2015 to #314 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sullivan?

US: Rising: up from #455 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #571 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,083 boys got the name (#314 that year). First in the US records in 1884.

How common

• About 1 in 1,577 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,648 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (8.25 per 1,000 boys), ME (3.64 per 1,000 boys), MN (3.06 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Sullivan is #314 in the US and #274 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.6% of US babies named Sullivan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Sullivant

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Sullivan

Boys

• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025

For a sister

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sullivan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.