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 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 16,741 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 90.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,420Natosha113
- #1,420Rosalyn113
- #1,420Therese113
- #1,428Sunny112
- #1,428Gracie112
- #1,428Harmony112
- #1,428Ilana112
- #1,439Corie111
- #1,439Latosha111
- #1,439Shannen111
Tied with 10 names at #1,428; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 20,003 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 88.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,077Kane102
- #1,077Terell102
- #1,077Tremaine102
- #1,083Sunny101
- #1,083Cordero101
- #1,083Jan101
- #1,083Jered101
- #1,088Bailey100
- #1,088Braulio100
- #1,088Jermey100
Tied with 4 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.