Girls' name · since 1999
Sunflower
108 babies named Sunflower in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunflower currently ranks #10499 among girls' names in America, with 108 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Sunflower recorded 108 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #10499 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #26,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,499 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunflower ranks #26,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 108 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunflower's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sunflower compares
108 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sunflower's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sunflower | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sunflower's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sunflower's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sunflower popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sunflower by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Sunflower's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Sunflower births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunflower: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sunflower draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.