Mostly girls · peaked in 2024
Sunny name popularity since 1925
17,481 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sunny (74.7% girls, 25.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Sunny is about 21 years old in 2026. Sunny peaked in 2024 as the #370 name for girls, and it ranked #390 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,481
- Named Sunny, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #390
- for girls in 2025 (798 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 74.7% girls
- 13,060 girls · 4,421 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.46× its national share
Peak year is the year Sunny made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sunny births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Sunny both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1971 and 1976, Sunny became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 13,100 baby girls to 1 in 4,740.
- Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 4,740 to 1 in 8,970.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sunny's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sunny.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sunny in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 60 | 37 | – |
| 1930s | 189 | 89 | #2,554 |
| 1940s | 511 | 99 | #1,001 |
| 1950s | 455 | 84 | #1,636 |
| 1960s | 397 | 70 | #3,137 |
| 1970s | 1,695 | 310 | #542 |
| 1980s | 1,512 | 519 | #962 |
| 1990s | 950 | 856 | #1,898 |
| 2000s | 1,145 | 663 | #1,546 |
| 2010s | 2,322 | 679 | #1,161 |
| 2020–25 | 3,824 | 1,015 | #390 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.7% of babies named Sunny from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Sunny is most popular
The index compares Sunny's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sunny.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.46× | 319 |
| California | 2.66× | 3,055 |
| Texas | 1.87× | 1,592 |
| Florida | 1.39× | 543 |
| New York | 0.81× | 664 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sunny and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sunny (this page) | 13,060 | 2024 |
| Sunnie | 2,670 | 2025 |
| Sunni | 2,566 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sunny's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sunny.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sunny (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data