NameTides

Sunny

Sunny was the #389 girls' name in the US in 2025 (798 babies), and #1,051 in England & Wales and #636 in Canada.

Sunny as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sunny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Sunny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#389 (798)#1,051 (32)#474 (6)#885 (3)#636 (47)
2024#370 (846)#855 (43)#431 (7)#898 (3)#558 (53)
2023#406 (755)#1,087 (31)#482 (6)#555 (6)#773 (36)
2022#552 (550)#1,023 (33)——#882 (30)
2021#641 (463)#1,161 (29)#652 (4)#883 (3)#834 (34)
2020#691 (412)#1,397 (22)#429 (7)—#851 (32)
2019#791 (350)#1,218 (27)——#947 (28)
2018#870 (312)#1,393 (23)#680 (4)—#1,440 (16)
2017#983 (265)#1,733 (17)#808 (3)—#1,506 (15)
2016#1,173 (214)#2,547 (10)#798 (3)—#1,075 (24)
2015#1,155 (218)#2,328 (11)#653 (4)—#2,011 (10)
2014#1,205 (202)#1,702 (17)——#1,395 (17)
2013#1,161 (207)#2,649 (9)#816 (3)—#2,058 (10)
2012#1,243 (195)#1,991 (14)——#1,472 (16)
2011#1,338 (173)#2,150 (12)——#1,305 (18)

Sunny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sunny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Sunny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,075 (200)#563 (69)#441 (7)#829 (3)#1,127 (22)
2024#1,047 (211)#552 (69)#727 (3)#785 (3)#927 (27)
2023#1,111 (190)#614 (58)#435 (7)#770 (3)#986 (24)
2022#1,228 (160)#632 (56)#522 (5)#657 (4)#833 (30)
2021#1,349 (137)#650 (56)——#1,151 (19)
2020#1,463 (117)#845 (35)#476 (6)#637 (4)#1,129 (19)
2019#1,534 (110)#1,030 (27)—#646 (4)#1,152 (18)
2018#1,901 (78)#1,097 (25)#595 (4)#635 (4)#1,133 (18)
2017#2,240 (59)#1,339 (19)——#1,720 (10)
2016#2,012 (71)#994 (29)#707 (3)—#1,159 (18)
2015#1,955 (74)#977 (30)——#1,384 (13)
2014#2,582 (47)#1,093 (25)#587 (4)—#1,311 (14)
2013#2,113 (63)#1,147 (22)——#1,312 (14)
2012#2,292 (56)#821 (38)——#1,033 (20)
2011#2,376 (53)#907 (32)——#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #370.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.
  • In 2025, 80% of US babies named Sunny were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sunny is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sunny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #413CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #288CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #264AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #166OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #407TXFlorida: #351FL
Sunny (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223
Quebec2025#7745

Sunny (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SunnyCanadaGirls#63647
SunnyCanadaBoys#1,12722
SunnyEngland & WalesGirls#1,05132
SunnyEngland & WalesBoys#56369
SunnyIrelandGirls#8853
SunnyIrelandBoys#8293
SunnyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SunnyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SunnyScotlandGirls#4746
SunnyScotlandBoys#4417
SunnyUSGirls#389798
SunnyUSBoys#1,075200