Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sunny

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
English
Sunny, cheerful

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Celestial
  • Green
  • Nature
  • Star/Planet
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sunny

Pronunciation

s(un)-ny

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1046, 210 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1075, 200 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #372, 837 births); most recent 2025 (rank #389, 798 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025200798
2024210837
2023189752
2022160550
2021136463
2020117411
2019110350
201878312
201759265
201671214

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #563, 69 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #855, 43 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1052, 32 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20256932
20246943
20235831
20225633
20215629
20203522
20192727
20182523
20171917
20162910

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1994 (rank #650, 35 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1825, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1982 (rank #1599, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023156
2022173
202113–
202054
2019125
2018165
2017144
2016133
2015105
201426–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #634, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #543, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202533
202433
202336
20224–
2021–3
20204–
20194–
20184–
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #441, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #431, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #474, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
202576
202437
202376
20225–
2021–4
202067
2019––
201844
2017–3
201633

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #250, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #581, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #545, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
20235–
2022–6
2021–6
20205–
2019–5
2018––
2017––
201665
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence