Sunny

#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,075 for boys in 2025, 200 births
Given to girls 74.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 846 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,191
since 1912

Sunny over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#389798#1,075200
2024#370846#1,047211
2023#406755#1,111190
2022#552550#1,228160
2021#641463#1,349137
2020#691412#1,463117
2019#791350#1,534110
2018#870312#1,90178
2017#983265#2,24059
2016#1,173214#2,01271
2015#1,155218#1,95574
2014#1,205202#2,58247
2013#1,161207#2,11363
2012#1,243195#2,29256
2011#1,338173#2,37653
2010#1,278186#2,01068
2009#1,444161#2,07766
2008#1,865114#2,46751
2007#1,598140#2,37254
2006#1,743119#1,79077
2005#1,539133#1,72577
2004#1,94296#1,95362
2003#1,845100#1,68773
2002#2,00487#1,81763
2001#1,95788#1,69968
2000#1,649107#1,62972
1999#1,67898#1,44980
1998#1,481115#1,52771
1997#1,585101#1,35082
1996#1,88177#1,25788
1995#1,88074#1,49164
1994#1,495105#1,113103
1993#1,77682#1,23884
1992#1,78281#1,14293
1991#1,428112#1,083101
1990#1,479105#1,13590
1989#1,339115#1,16283
1988#1,132135#1,04789
1987#1,064144#1,27259
1986#1,024148#1,13669
1985#957162#1,24259
1984#1,167116#1,39946
1983#1,090126#1,65135
1982#859179#1,85030
1981#841186#2,20423
1980#805201#2,05826
1979#846184#1,75332
1978#876167#1,41043
1977#672234#1,67032
1976#552309#1,60833
1975#540319#1,63031
1974#1,21890#1,47135
1973#1,27681#1,58630
1972#1,079106#1,45334
1971#988127#2,05220
1970#1,34378#1,98920
1969#1,22683#2,54912
1968#1,38765#2,9079
1967#1,73244#2,47011
1966#1,79640#2,46511
1965#3,05017#3,5376
1964#2,47525#2,8549
1963#2,09432#3,3187
1962#2,21029
1961#2,11731
1960#2,06131#4,0385
1959#1,74140#2,41412
1958#1,63043#3,2757
1957#1,80836#2,63110
1956#1,89732#3,5356
1955#1,61740#2,9648
1954#1,20669#3,8275
1953#1,18866#2,53110
1952#1,36850#2,6809
1951#1,41544#3,7145
1950#1,57635#2,20712
1949#1,51237#3,2986
1948#1,37045#2,21812
1947#1,27051#1,98815
1946#1,17953#2,14312
1945#99460#2,13111
1944#1,06254#2,4679
1943#1,07755#2,7328
1942#91374#2,9407
1941#1,13343#2,8727
1940#1,17039#2,08112
1939#1,40128#2,6098
1938#1,34330#1,90114
1937#1,53924#2,4799
1936#1,64021#2,4529
1935#2,43912#2,5299
1934#2,08715#3,2776
1933#2,54011#2,5429
1932#2,03716#2,46510
1931#2,20514
1930#1,93418#1,96415
1929#2,01117#2,9808
1928#2,76811#4,1515
1927#3,05310#2,70310
1926#3,2699#3,3857
1925#2,61713#3,4087
1924#2,13718#2,47312
1923#2,58713
1922#2,61213#2,80110
1921#2,94111
1920#2,59013#3,8156
1919#3,8177#2,26513
1918#2,82211#4,1795
1917#2,87910#3,5456
1916#3,2588#3,8975
1915
1914#1,89613#3,2645
1913#2,5407#2,2737
1912#2,3607
1911
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
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1880
First appearance
1912

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2024 at #370 (846 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,915
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Sunny (3,824) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s63#1,896 (1914)#2,796
1920s128#2,011 (1929)#2,659
1930s189#1,343 (1938)#1,917
1940s511#913 (1942)#1,168
1950s455#1,188 (1953)#1,545
1960s397#1,226 (1969)#2,015
1970s1,695#540 (1975)#939
1980s1,512#805 (1980)#1,028
1990s950#1,428 (1991)#1,647
2000s1,145#1,444 (2009)#1,759
2010s2,322#791 (2019)#1,120
2020s3,824#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

girls
#1,732
44 births · 1 in 37,523 girls
boys
#2,470
11 births · 1 in 158,528 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #1,732Sunny44

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #2,470Sunny11
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).

Ranked beside Sunny
  1. #1,702Tanna45
  2. #1,702Vida45
  3. #1,702Wilhelmina45
  4. #1,732Sunny44
  5. #1,732Adelina44
  6. #1,732Andre44
  7. #1,732Camie44
  8. #1,751Anette43
  9. #1,751Brunilda43
  10. #1,751Chantelle43

Tied with 18 names at #1,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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).

Ranked beside Sunny
  1. #2,352Wesly12
  2. #2,352Yolanda12
  3. #2,352Zvi12
  4. #2,470Sunny11
  5. #2,470Adelbert11
  6. #2,470Agostino11
  7. #2,470Aldric11
  8. #2,611Adell10
  9. #2,611Aldon10
  10. #2,611Algernon10

Tied with 140 names at #2,470; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1967