Sunny
#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,075 for boys in 2025, 200 births
Given to girls 74.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 846 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,191since 1912
Sunny over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #389 | 798 | #1,075 | 200 |
| 2024 | #370 | 846 | #1,047 | 211 |
| 2023 | #406 | 755 | #1,111 | 190 |
| 2022 | #552 | 550 | #1,228 | 160 |
| 2021 | #641 | 463 | #1,349 | 137 |
| 2020 | #691 | 412 | #1,463 | 117 |
| 2019 | #791 | 350 | #1,534 | 110 |
| 2018 | #870 | 312 | #1,901 | 78 |
| 2017 | #983 | 265 | #2,240 | 59 |
| 2016 | #1,173 | 214 | #2,012 | 71 |
| 2015 | #1,155 | 218 | #1,955 | 74 |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | #2,582 | 47 |
| 2013 | #1,161 | 207 | #2,113 | 63 |
| 2012 | #1,243 | 195 | #2,292 | 56 |
| 2011 | #1,338 | 173 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #1,278 | 186 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 2009 | #1,444 | 161 | #2,077 | 66 |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #1,598 | 140 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #1,743 | 119 | #1,790 | 77 |
| 2005 | #1,539 | 133 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | #1,687 | 73 |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 | #1,817 | 63 |
| 2001 | #1,957 | 88 | #1,699 | 68 |
| 2000 | #1,649 | 107 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 1999 | #1,678 | 98 | #1,449 | 80 |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | #1,527 | 71 |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | #1,257 | 88 |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,495 | 105 | #1,113 | 103 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 | #1,238 | 84 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 | #1,142 | 93 |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 | #1,083 | 101 |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | #1,135 | 90 |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | #1,162 | 83 |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #1,047 | 89 |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 | #1,272 | 59 |
| 1986 | #1,024 | 148 | #1,136 | 69 |
| 1985 | #957 | 162 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,167 | 116 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #1,090 | 126 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #859 | 179 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #841 | 186 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #805 | 201 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #846 | 184 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #876 | 167 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #672 | 234 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #552 | 309 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #540 | 319 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #1,218 | 90 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #1,079 | 106 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #988 | 127 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,226 | 83 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #994 | 60 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,062 | 54 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #913 | 74 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sunny! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sunny
- 19 spots since 2024 (#370 → #389)
- 302 spots since 2020 (#691 → #389)
- 766 spots since 2015 (#1,155 → #389)
- Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1975 (#1,218 → #540)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1983 (#859 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2024 at #370 (846 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,915 girls born in 2024 were named Sunny (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 29.0% of all girls named Sunny (3,824) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 63 | #1,896 (1914) | #2,796 |
| 1920s | 128 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,659 |
| 1930s | 189 | #1,343 (1938) | #1,917 |
| 1940s | 511 | #913 (1942) | #1,168 |
| 1950s | 455 | #1,188 (1953) | #1,545 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,226 (1969) | #2,015 |
| 1970s | 1,695 | #540 (1975) | #939 |
| 1980s | 1,512 | #805 (1980) | #1,028 |
| 1990s | 950 | #1,428 (1991) | #1,647 |
| 2000s | 1,145 | #1,444 (2009) | #1,759 |
| 2010s | 2,322 | #791 (2019) | #1,120 |
| 2020s | 3,824 | #370 (2024) | #508 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sunny in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 48,944 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 74.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,550Val36
- #1,550Walter36
- #1,550Winnifred36
- #1,576Sunny35
- #1,576Adelia35
- #1,576Adelle35
- #1,576Adriane35
- #1,602Alethea34
- #1,602Bethel34
- #1,602Camellia34
Tied with 25 names at #1,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 149,189 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 47.4% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,111Wells13
- #2,111Weyman13
- #2,111Winifred13
- #2,207Sunny12
- #2,207Adrain12
- #2,207Alvan12
- #2,207Alwyn12
- #2,321Abran11
- #2,321Alexandro11
- #2,321Alphonsa11
Tied with 113 names at #2,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.