Meaning not yet researched.
Sunny: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 798 in 2025. Its best rank was #370 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #370 in 2024; #390 in 2025. About 80% of babies named Sunny in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#390 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #370.
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Sunny: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 798 girls in 2025. Peak: #370 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 846 (2024).
In 2025, 798 US girls were named Sunny, making it the 390th most common girls’ name of the year, down 20 places from #370 in 2024. That is 48 fewer than the 846 girls named Sunny in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #370, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 846. For comparison, it was #1,161 in 2015 and #1,599 in 1950.
In 2025, 200 US boys were named Sunny, making it the 1,078th most common boys’ name of the year, down 29 places from #1,049 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 211 boys named Sunny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,049, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 211. For comparison, it was #1,975 in 2015 and #2,310 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sunny in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 5 babies. In all, 17,697 US babies have been given the name, 75% of them girls and 25% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 4,839 babies named Sunny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,965 US girls were named Sunny; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 846. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,014 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sunny ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #157 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sonny (23,356 babies since 1880), Sunnie (2,754 babies since 1880) and Sunni (2,635 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sunee, Sunnee and Sanny are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sunee (52), Sunnee (10), Sanny (7), Zuany (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Sunny in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 29 | #157 | #621 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #161 | — |
| Oklahoma | 23 | #174 | #751 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #185 | — |
| Idaho | 11 | #217 | — |
| Oregon | 16 | #242 | — |
| Nebraska | 9 | #265 | — |
| Arizona | 27 | #271 | — |
| Nevada | 10 | #289 | — |
| Colorado | 21 | #295 | #1,022 |
| Alabama | 17 | #295 | — |
| Arkansas | 11 | #297 | — |
| Iowa | 11 | #321 | — |
| Kentucky | 14 | #327 | — |
| South Carolina | 16 | #328 | — |
| Indiana | 22 | #330 | — |
| Ohio | 34 | #333 | — |
| Louisiana | 14 | #340 | — |
| Florida | 52 | #356 | — |
| West Virginia | 5 | #365 | — |
| New Mexico | 5 | #385 | — |
| Georgia | 29 | #400 | #1,739 |
| Washington | 18 | #408 | — |
| Texas | 82 | #414 | #1,352 |
| Michigan | 21 | #421 | #1,254 |
| California | 80 | #424 | #705 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #427 | #833 |
| Missouri | 14 | #439 | — |
| North Carolina | 26 | #440 | — |
| Connecticut | 7 | #450 | — |
| Minnesota | 12 | #458 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #484 | #1,224 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #569 | — |
| Virginia | 12 | #657 | #1,206 |
| Kansas | 5 | #682 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #692 | — |
| Maryland | 7 | #719 | — |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #757 | — |
| Illinois | 12 | #790 | #1,433 |
| New York | 19 | #854 | #1,275 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 | #1,918 |
| 2017 | 265 | #983 | 59 | #2,265 |
| 2016 | 214 | #1,175 | 71 | #2,025 |
| 2015 | 218 | #1,161 | 74 | #1,975 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,214 | 47 | #2,616 |
| 2013 | 207 | #1,162 | 63 | #2,136 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,248 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,344 | 53 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 186 | #1,285 | 68 | #2,032 |
| 2009 | 161 | #1,448 | 66 | #2,096 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,877 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,601 | 54 | #2,413 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,759 | 77 | #1,805 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,546 | 77 | #1,738 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,958 | 62 | #1,972 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,856 | 73 | #1,698 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,017 | 63 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,965 | 68 | #1,707 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,658 | 72 | #1,640 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,686 | 80 | #1,455 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,492 | 71 | #1,534 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,593 | 82 | #1,364 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,895 | 88 | #1,262 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,898 | 64 | #1,507 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,505 | 103 | #1,118 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,799 | 84 | #1,245 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,796 | 93 | #1,146 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,437 | 101 | #1,087 |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,492 | 90 | #1,147 |
| 1989 | 115 | #1,348 | 83 | #1,169 |
| 1988 | 135 | #1,138 | 89 | #1,054 |
| 1987 | 144 | #1,069 | 59 | #1,279 |
| 1986 | 148 | #1,028 | 69 | #1,142 |
| 1985 | 162 | #962 | 59 | #1,256 |
| 1984 | 116 | #1,167 | 46 | #1,420 |
| 1983 | 126 | #1,092 | 35 | #1,684 |
| 1982 | 179 | #864 | 30 | #1,885 |
| 1981 | 186 | #844 | 23 | #2,262 |
| 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 | #1,641 |
| 1975 | 319 | #542 | 31 | #1,656 |
| 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 | #2,113 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,350 | 20 | #2,049 |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,233 | 12 | #2,669 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,404 | 9 | #3,081 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,748 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,820 | 11 | #2,608 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,137 | 6 | #3,884 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,523 | 9 | #3,025 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,126 | 7 | #3,612 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,254 | — | — |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,145 | — | — |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,087 | 5 | #4,540 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,759 | 12 | #2,517 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,655 | 7 | #3,528 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,839 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,928 | 6 | #3,891 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,636 | 8 | #3,176 |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,211 | 5 | #4,310 |
| 1953 | 66 | #1,198 | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,384 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,430 | 5 | #4,197 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,599 | 12 | #2,310 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,540 | 6 | #3,649 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,382 | 12 | #2,308 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,287 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,189 | 12 | #2,261 |
| 1945 | 60 | #1,001 | 11 | #2,232 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,069 | 9 | #2,614 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,084 | 8 | #2,942 |
| 1942 | 74 | #916 | 7 | #3,186 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,149 | 7 | #3,106 |
| 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 | #2,603 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,554 | 9 | #2,694 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,170 | 6 | #3,636 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,669 | 9 | #2,714 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,112 | 10 | #2,619 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,296 | — | — |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,014 | 15 | #2,065 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,090 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,935 | 5 | #4,661 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,260 | 10 | #2,892 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,524 | 7 | #3,664 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,757 | 7 | #3,701 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,198 | 12 | #2,619 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,711 | — | — |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,755 | 10 | #2,981 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,129 | — | — |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,714 | 6 | #4,223 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,204 | 13 | #2,376 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,999 | 5 | #4,727 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,053 | 6 | #3,920 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,511 | 5 | #4,448 |
| 1914 | 13 | #2,000 | 5 | #3,700 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,783 | 7 | #2,477 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,606 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,812 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,220 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,483 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).