# Sunny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sunny/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,697 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,506 / 13,191 (75% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,469, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 173 | 1,344 |
| 2012 | 195 | 1,248 |
| 2013 | 207 | 1,162 |
| 2014 | 202 | 1,214 |
| 2015 | 218 | 1,161 |
| 2016 | 214 | 1,175 |
| 2017 | 265 | 983 |
| 2018 | 312 | 873 |
| 2019 | 350 | 793 |
| 2020 | 412 | 691 |
| 2021 | 463 | 642 |
| 2022 | 550 | 553 |
| 2023 | 755 | 406 |
| 2024 | 846 | 370 |
| 2025 | 798 | 390 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 2,402 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,319 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,136 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,616 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,975 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,025 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,265 |
| 2018 | 78 | 1,918 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,542 |
| 2020 | 117 | 1,469 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1,357 |
| 2022 | 160 | 1,235 |
| 2023 | 190 | 1,117 |
| 2024 | 211 | 1,049 |
| 2025 | 200 | 1,078 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 43 | 855 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1,051 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 907 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 30 | 977 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 35 | 845 |
| 2021 | 56 | 650 |
| 2022 | 56 | 632 |
| 2023 | 58 | 614 |
| 2024 | 69 | 552 |
| 2025 | 69 | 563 |

## People named Sunny

- Sunny Leone, American-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress
- Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress
- Sunny Mabrey, American actress, model and comedian
- Sunny Dhinsa, Canadian professional and amateur wrestler
- Sunny Murray, American jazz drummer (1936–2017)
- Sunny Johnson, American actress (1953-1984)
- Sunny Sandler, American actress (born 2008)
- Sunny von Bülow, American heiress, socialite, and philanthropist
- Sunny Garcia, American surfer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.