Sunny

What Sunny means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sunny yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,155 in 2015, #389 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sunny?

US: Rising: up from #1155 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 846 girls got the name (#370 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 2,014 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,915 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.59 per 1,000 girls), SD (2.29 per 1,000 girls), UT (1.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sunny is #389 in the US and #1051 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 80.0% of US babies named Sunny were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Senna116 US · 18 E&W
• Sunni99 US
• Sonny55 US
• Suni22 US
• Sanna8 US · 5 E&W
• Sonni11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sunny

Girls

• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Esther#119“star”^*

For a brother

• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Leon#138“lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sunny’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.