Sunshine — #2655 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sunshine

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,674 babies named Sunshine between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sunshine currently holds the #2655 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 324 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sunshine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,911 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sunshine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 994 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sunshine in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sunshine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,674 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.