Sunshine
Sunshine was the 2952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 534th with 324 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 46 places. More babies were named Sunshine in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,952 girls, down 578 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 57girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1975324 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,779babies recorded
Sunshine popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 45 since 1971.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,952 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,374 | 75 |
| 2010 | #2,513 | 74 |
| 2000 | #1,814 | 96 |
| 1990 | #2,846 | 41 |
| 1980 | #707 | 241 |
| 1970 | #3,096 | 22 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #2,449 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sunshine, counting every spelling?
Sunshine is the most common spelling of a name family that had 57 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 57 | #2,952 | 341 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sunshine?
57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sunshine (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sunshine born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sunshine.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sunshine?
About 5,300 people born in the US named Sunshine are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 21 and 49. That makes Sunshine mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sunshine by state
How common Sunshine was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.5×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sunshine: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sunshine, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sunshine
How popular is the name Sunshine?
Sunshine was the 2952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 534th with 324 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 46 places. More babies were named Sunshine in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Sunshine a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sunshine in the US.
Where is Sunshine most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sunshine was most common in California (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Michigan.