Girls' name · since 1976
Sunshyne
106 babies named Sunshyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sunshyne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 106 recorded since 1976.
Sunshyne has 106 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2024.
- #26,534 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sunshyne ranks #26,534 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sunshyne's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sunshyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sunshyne's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sunshyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Sunshyne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (39 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Sunshyne's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Sunshyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 39 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Sunshyne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sunshyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1976–2024 (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 Sunshyne 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.