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Sunny

Sunny: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sunny, cheerful”
Origin
English
Say it
SUN-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (74% girls, 26% boys since 1880)

From the English word sunny. It may be used as a nickname or an independent given name.

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How popular is Sunny?

2024315 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sunny in 20241,047

2024 rank#372 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188016,681

Sunny is rising: use over the last five years is 3.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sunny

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Sunniesunny, cheerful · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

Sunny questions

What does the name Sunny mean?

Sunny means "sunny, cheerful". It comes from English. From the English word sunny. It may be used as a nickname or an independent given name.

Is Sunny a boy or girl name?

Sunny is used for both: about 74% of US babies named Sunny since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Sunny?

1,047 US babies were named Sunny in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Sunny?

Sunny is usually pronounced SUN-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.