first name
SUNNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,117 people named Sunny, 43.6% reported their origin as White, 38.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8% as Hispanic or Latino. 66.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sunny peaked in 2024, when 1,057 babies got the name.
At least 17,697 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sunny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #796. The largest share of babies named Sunny, 40.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sunny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sunny has been most common in Utah (3.6×), California (2.8×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in Kentucky (0.24×).
10,713 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sunny
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sunny, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sunny ranks #29,300 of 156,621, with 860 people. See Sunny as a last name
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