Sunshine

Sunshine: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “sunlight”
Origin: English
Say it: SUN-shyn · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

English vocabulary name taken directly from the common noun. It belongs to the modern word-name tradition.

English names American names Names meaning sun Names meaning light Names meaning joy Modern names Nature names

How popular is Sunshine?

202419.5 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Sunshine in 202465

2024 rank#2,655 girls

Peak year1975

Total US babies since 18805,719

Sunshine has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Sunshine

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English
Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Sunshine questions

What does the name Sunshine mean?

Sunshine means "sunlight". It comes from English. English vocabulary name taken directly from the common noun. It belongs to the modern word-name tradition.

Is Sunshine a boy or girl name?

Sunshine is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sunshine?

65 US babies were named Sunshine in 2024. Its peak year was 1975.

How do you pronounce Sunshine?

Sunshine is usually pronounced SUN-shyn.

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.