Sunny Boy & girl
How popular is Sunny?
#389 girl name in 2025
798 baby girls were named Sunny in the US in 2025, making it the 389th most popular girl name. Another 200 boys got the name (#1,075 for boys).
Sunny popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #389 for girls (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 798 girls, 200 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+266% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,155 in 2015, #691 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (846 girls) |
| Highest rank | #370 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 21% boys, 79% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sunny counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sunny family of names ranked #288 for girls in 2025 (#278 the year before), with 1,140 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sunny is most popular
Babies named Sunny per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 1.7 per 1,000 (139 girls)
- Idaho: 1.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Oklahoma: 1.0 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Oregon: 0.9 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- South Dakota: 0.8 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Sunny by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 63 | #1,896 |
| 1920s | 128 | #2,010 |
| 1930s | 189 | #1,343 |
| 1940s | 511 | #913 |
| 1950s | 455 | #1,187 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,226 |
| 1970s | 1,695 | #540 |
| 1980s | 1,512 | #805 |
| 1990s | 950 | #1,424 |
| 2000s | 1,145 | #1,444 |
| 2010s | 2,322 | #791 |
| 2020s | 3,824 | #370 |
Girl names about as popular as Sunny
Questions
- Is Sunny a boy or girl name?
- Sunny is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 21% of babies named Sunny were boys and 79% were girls.
- How popular is the name Sunny?
- 798 baby girls were named Sunny in the US in 2025, making it the 389th most popular girl name. Another 200 boys got the name (#1,075 for boys).
- When was Sunny most popular?
- Sunny peaked in 2024, when 846 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #370 in 2024.
- How many people are named Sunny?
- 17,697 babies have been named Sunny in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,492 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Sunny most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sunny was most common in Utah, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.