# Sundeep (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sundeep/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | “enlightened” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Sunny |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 253 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 248 / 5 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 47, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hindi संदीप (sandīp, “enlightened”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 12,266 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 8 | 4,860 |
| 1984 | 13 | 3,432 |
| 1985 | 14 | 3,369 |
| 1986 | 12 | 3,851 |
| 1987 | 19 | 2,824 |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,883 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,843 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,324 |
| 1991 | 18 | 3,437 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,314 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,738 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,820 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,862 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,751 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,383 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 1,337 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,345 |
| 1998 | 7 | 1,642 |
| 1999 | 6 | 1,850 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,771 |

## In other languages

- Russian: Сандип
- Ukrainian: Сандіп

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.