Sunny

girls’ name · 74%boys’ name · 26%At its peakCompare

Sunny is ranked 372nd among girls in 2024 (837 births). Its best rank was 372nd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #372up 34 from 2023
Births in 2024: 8370.05% of girls
Peak year: 2024837 births
Best rank: #372in 2024
Since 1912: 16,681people given the name

Babies named Sunny, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

12,379 girls have been named Sunny in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 837 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2020s alone account for 24%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Sunny is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are boys (4,302), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Sunny
1910s	63
1920s	128
1930s	189
1940s	511
1950s	455
1960s	397
1970s	1,695
1980s	1,512
1990s	950
2000s	1,144
2010s	2,322
2020s	3,013

In 2024, its biggest year

Sunny was the 372nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Sunny

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.