Sunny
Sunny is given to both girls and boys: 798 girls and 200 boys were given it in 2025 (#390 among girls’ names and #1,078 among boys’, #655 among all names counting both); 17,697 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Sunny every year since 1997.
An estimated 16,400 Americans named Sunny and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 5 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sunny by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sunny mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sunny is “a diminutive of the female given name Sunita.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Sunil.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sunny?
#390 among girls’ names, 2025
Sunny rose from #1,161 in 2015 to #390 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.12 to 0.50 per 1,000.
1,057 babies in 2024, the peak
Sunny peaked in 2024, when 1,057 babies were given it (846 girls, #370 among girls’ names). The 998 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 94% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 798 | #390 | 200 | #1,078 |
| 2024 | 846 | #370 | 211 | #1,049 |
| 2023 | 755 | #406 | 190 | #1,117 |
| 2022 | 550 | #553 | 160 | #1,235 |
| 2021 | 463 | #642 | 137 | #1,357 |
| 2020 | 412 | #691 | 117 | #1,469 |
| 2019 | 350 | #793 | 110 | #1,542 |
| 2018 | 312 | #873 | 78 | #1,917 |
| 2017 | 265 | #983 | 59 | #2,264 |
| 2016 | 214 | #1,175 | 71 | #2,025 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 218 | #1,161 | 74 | #1,975 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,214 | 47 | #2,614 |
| 2013 | 207 | #1,162 | 63 | #2,135 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,248 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,344 | 53 | #2,401 |
| 2010 | 186 | #1,285 | 68 | #2,031 |
| 2009 | 161 | #1,448 | 66 | #2,095 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,877 | 51 | #2,505 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,601 | 54 | #2,413 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,759 | 77 | #1,805 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,546 | 77 | #1,735 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,957 | 62 | #1,968 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,855 | 73 | #1,695 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,014 | 63 | #1,826 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,961 | 68 | #1,703 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,655 | 72 | #1,636 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,684 | 80 | #1,452 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,490 | 71 | #1,531 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,591 | 82 | #1,361 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,893 | 88 | #1,260 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,893 | 64 | #1,502 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,501 | 103 | #1,114 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,795 | 84 | #1,240 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,792 | 93 | #1,142 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,433 | 101 | #1,081 |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,488 | 90 | #1,142 |
| 1989 | 115 | #1,345 | 83 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 135 | #1,137 | 89 | #1,052 |
| 1987 | 144 | #1,069 | 59 | #1,277 |
| 1986 | 148 | #1,028 | 69 | #1,141 |
| 1985 | 162 | #962 | 59 | #1,255 |
| 1984 | 116 | #1,167 | 46 | #1,419 |
| 1983 | 126 | #1,092 | 35 | #1,683 |
| 1982 | 179 | #864 | 30 | #1,884 |
| 1981 | 186 | #844 | 23 | #2,261 |
| 1980 | 201 | #807 | 26 | #2,106 |
| 1979 | 184 | #850 | 32 | #1,781 |
| 1978 | 167 | #882 | 43 | #1,432 |
| 1977 | 234 | #672 | 32 | #1,702 |
| 1976 | 309 | #553 | 33 | #1,640 |
| 1975 | 319 | #542 | 31 | #1,655 |
| 1974 | 90 | #1,225 | 35 | #1,499 |
| 1973 | 81 | #1,285 | 30 | #1,609 |
| 1972 | 106 | #1,082 | 34 | #1,468 |
| 1971 | 127 | #996 | 20 | #2,112 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,350 | 20 | #2,048 |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,233 | 12 | #2,668 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,404 | 9 | #3,080 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,748 | 11 | #2,589 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,820 | 11 | #2,607 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,136 | 6 | #3,883 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,522 | 9 | #3,024 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,125 | 7 | #3,611 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,253 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,144 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,086 | 5 | #4,539 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,758 | 12 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,654 | 7 | #3,527 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,838 | 10 | #2,809 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,927 | 6 | #3,890 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,635 | 8 | #3,175 |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,210 | 5 | #4,309 |
| 1953 | 66 | #1,197 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,383 | 9 | #2,851 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,429 | 5 | #4,196 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,598 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,539 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,381 | 12 | #2,307 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,286 | 15 | #2,061 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,188 | 12 | #2,260 |
| 1945 | 60 | #1,001 | 11 | #2,231 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,068 | 9 | #2,613 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,083 | 8 | #2,941 |
| 1942 | 74 | #916 | 7 | #3,185 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,149 | 7 | #3,105 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,180 | 12 | #2,170 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,421 | 8 | #2,800 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,372 | 14 | #1,969 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,577 | 9 | #2,657 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,685 | 9 | #2,602 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,553 | 9 | #2,694 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,169 | 6 | #3,634 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,668 | 9 | #2,713 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,111 | 10 | #2,619 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,295 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,013 | 15 | #2,065 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,089 | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,933 | 5 | #4,659 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,258 | 10 | #2,891 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,523 | 7 | #3,662 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,756 | 7 | #3,699 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,197 | 12 | #2,619 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,711 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,753 | 10 | #2,980 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,128 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,714 | 6 | #4,221 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,202 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,998 | 5 | #4,726 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,051 | 6 | #3,919 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,509 | 5 | #4,446 |
| 1914 | 13 | #2,000 | 5 | #3,699 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,781 | 7 | #2,476 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,604 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,811 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 6 | #1,219 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 5 | #1,481 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sunny a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 17,697 Americans recorded as Sunny, 75% are girls and 25% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sunny: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sunny, and how old are they?
16,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 17,697 Americans ever recorded as Sunny. The median Sunny alive today is 19 years old; half are between 5 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 16,117 people named Sunny (10,678 women and girls, 5,439 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,975 born in the U.S. The Census count is 35% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 244 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 697 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,360 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,950 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,050 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,070 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sunny born?
The states with the most babies named Sunny are California, Texas and Florida, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 118 | #424 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 103 | #414 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 52 | #356 | 0.6× |
| Utah | 35 | #157 | 1.4× |
| Arizona | 35 | #271 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 34 | #333 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 29 | #400 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 28 | #408 | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #174 | 1.1× |
| Colorado | 28 | #295 | 0.7× |
Where Sunny is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sunny is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sunny with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 25,139 babies since 1880, Sunny is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 998 of their 1,364 babies (73%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sunny
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sunny and names like it
- Compare Sunny and SunnieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sSunny peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sunny since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Sunny.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sunny alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.