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 1967
Top girls' names in 1967
Top boys' names in 1967
More about 1967
girls
1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 37,523 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 77.9% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,702Tanna45
- #1,702Vida45
- #1,702Wilhelmina45
- #1,732Sunny44
- #1,732Adelina44
- #1,732Andre44
- #1,732Camie44
- #1,751Anette43
- #1,751Brunilda43
- #1,751Chantelle43
Tied with 18 names at #1,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 158,528 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 45.7% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,352Wesly12
- #2,352Yolanda12
- #2,352Zvi12
- #2,470Sunny11
- #2,470Adelbert11
- #2,470Agostino11
- #2,470Aldric11
- #2,611Adell10
- #2,611Aldon10
- #2,611Algernon10
Tied with 140 names at #2,470; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.