girls:
5.6k births since 1905
#2220 (61st percentile)
boys:
45 births since 1971
#4541 (1st percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1905
#3618 (53rd percentile)
The name Sunshine is the #3,618 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,651 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 53.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,220 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 5,606 births since 1905. For boys, it ranks #4,541 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1971.
Sunshine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Sunshine is available in 85 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (85 years for girls and 7 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 Sunshine has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.5% of babies named Sunshine were girls.
For girls, Sunshine reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 38.4% percentile (ranked #464) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 208 births per million (ranked 38.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sunshine ranks #876 for girls (7.5% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 20.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sunshine reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #652) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sunshine ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 79.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sunshine".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sunshine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Sunshine is pronounced as SUHN-shain, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SUHN-SHAIN, at 45.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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