Girls' name · since 1982
Sunset
Sunset has 116 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
116 babies have been named Sunset since 1982, making it today's #9658 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sunset recorded 116 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #9658 nationally today, ahead of 44% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #25,569 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,658 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunset ranks #25,569 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,658 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,569 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sunset's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sunset compares
116 27th 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
Sunset's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sunset | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sunset's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sunset splits its recorded history at 2016: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sunset popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Sunset by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Sunset's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sunset births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunset: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Sunset 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.