girls:
498 births since 1939
#5218 (9th percentile)
boys:
469 births since 1902
#4117 (10th percentile)
overall:
967 births since 1902
#6772 (12th percentile)
The name Sun is the #6,772 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 967 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 12.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,218 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 498 births since 1939. For boys, it ranks #4,117 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 469 births since 1902.
Sun first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for boys and 1939 for girls). Birth data for Sun is available in 82 out of the 122 years between 1902 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 56 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sun is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Sun were boys.
For girls, Sun reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #745) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sun ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 41.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sun reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #910) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 38 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sun ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sun".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sun. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Sun is pronounced as suhn, which has 1 syllables.
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