girls:
11.5k births since 1912
#1462 (74th percentile)
boys:
4.1k births since 1900
#1916 (58th percentile)
overall:
15.6k births since 1900
#2090 (73rd percentile)
The name Sunny is the #2,090 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,626 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 73.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,462 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 11,537 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #1,916 (58.2% percentile) for all time with 4,089 births since 1900.
Sunny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1912 for girls). Birth data for Sunny is available in 114 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (111 years for girls and 108 years for boys). 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 Sunny has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.9% of babies named Sunny were girls. Interestingly, until around 1912, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1900 to 1911), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (73.9% girls from 1912 to 2023).
For girls, Sunny reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 60.3% percentile (ranked #377) with 428 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 428 births per million (ranked 60.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sunny is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #377 (60.3% percentile) with 428 births per million.
For boys, Sunny reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.2% percentile (ranked #727) with 103 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 103 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sunny is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #727 (20.2% percentile) with 103 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sunny".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sunny. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Sunny is pronounced as SUH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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