NameTides

Sunshine

Sunshine was the #2,933 girls' name in the US in 2025 (57 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Sunshine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sunshine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sunshine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,933 (57)#4,201 (5)—
2024#2,637 (66)#3,696 (6)#2,685 (7)
2023#2,352 (77)#4,057 (5)—
2022#2,554 (69)—#2,835 (6)
2021#2,460 (72)#3,961 (5)#2,185 (9)
2020#2,341 (75)#4,535 (4)#1,758 (12)
2019#2,651 (65)—#3,266 (5)
2018#2,438 (73)#5,666 (3)—
2017#2,925 (56)#4,063 (5)—
2016#3,139 (52)—#1,906 (11)
2015#2,964 (58)#4,103 (5)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,425 (46)#4,684 (4)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,726 (63)—#2,058 (10)
2012#2,568 (70)#3,681 (6)#2,921 (6)
2011#2,796 (62)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #533.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.
  • In 2023, 91% of US babies named Sunshine were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 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 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sunshine is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sunshine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sunshine (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SunshineCanadaGirls—too few
SunshineEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
SunshineUSGirls#2,93357
SunshineUSBoys—too few