Sun Name Popularity
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How popular is Sun?
In 2018 the rare name Sun, ranked the 17,717th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.Uncommon, Sun would be a striking name choice.
Position 3335, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1960.
However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1971 with 16 occurrences.
The least amount of newborns dubbed Sun in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2016.
Sometimes the name Sun has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.
The popularity trend for Sun has been moving upward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Sun has risen.
What does the future hold for the popularity of Sun?
Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.
The name Sun is mostly unused but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.
for Percentages.| Sun (Girl) | Sun (Boy) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | % | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank |
| 2018 | | 5 | 17,717 | 14 | 6,266 |
| 2017 | | 6 | 15,667 | 8 | 9,539 |
| 2016 | | < 5 | -- | 10 | 8,071 |
| 2015 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 9,439 |
| 2014 | | 7 | 14,361 | 5 | 13,782 |
| 2013 | | < 5 | -- | 6 | 11,948 |
| 2012 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 2011 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 2010 | | < 5 | -- | 7 | 10,600 |
| 2009 | | < 5 | -- | 10 | 8,217 |
| 2008 | | 5 | 20,098 | < 5 | -- |
| 2007 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 14,121 |
| 2006 | | 7 | 14,957 | < 5 | -- |
| 2005 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 8,975 |
| 2004 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 8,807 |
| 2003 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 8,516 |
| 2002 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 12,246 |
| 2001 | | 11 | 9,280 | 7 | 9,101 |
| 2000 | | 11 | 9,088 | 5 | 11,899 |
| 1999 | | 5 | 16,600 | 5 | 11,384 |
| 1998 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 11,087 |
| 1997 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 7,188 |
| 1996 | | 8 | 10,438 | 7 | 7,860 |
| 1995 | | 5 | 15,455 | < 5 | -- |
| 1994 | | 13 | 7,040 | 9 | 6,292 |
| 1993 | | < 5 | -- | 7 | 7,524 |
| 1992 | | 6 | 13,157 | < 5 | -- |
| 1991 | | 16 | 5,913 | 6 | 8,111 |
| 1990 | | 12 | 7,244 | 5 | 9,325 |
| 1989 | | 8 | 9,570 | 11 | 4,770 |
| 1988 | | 9 | 8,312 | 8 | 5,671 |
| 1987 | | 8 | 8,669 | 9 | 4,906 |
| 1986 | | 11 | 6,530 | 8 | 5,268 |
| 1985 | | 8 | 8,226 | 6 | 6,431 |
| 1984 | | 12 | 5,843 | 12 | 3,657 |
| 1983 | | 13 | 5,407 | 12 | 3,596 |
| 1982 | | 11 | 6,308 | 14 | 3,259 |
| 1981 | | 14 | 5,209 | 8 | 4,901 |
| 1980 | | 10 | 6,720 | 13 | 3,405 |
| 1979 | | 7 | 8,893 | 9 | 4,353 |
| 1978 | | 16 | 4,427 | 9 | 4,126 |
| 1977 | | 13 | 5,168 | 7 | 5,051 |
| 1976 | | 9 | 6,530 | 6 | 5,514 |
| 1975 | | 11 | 5,457 | 10 | 3,631 |
| 1974 | | 9 | 6,185 | 9 | 3,802 |
| 1973 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1972 | | 9 | 5,875 | 7 | 4,382 |
| 1971 | | 16 | 3,925 | < 5 | -- |
| 1970 | | 11 | 5,018 | < 5 | -- |
| 1969 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1968 | | 5 | 8,037 | < 5 | -- |
| 1967 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1966 | | 6 | 6,472 | < 5 | -- |
| 1965 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1964 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1963 | | 5 | 7,511 | < 5 | -- |
| 1962 | | 7 | 5,780 | < 5 | -- |
| 1961 | | 7 | 5,763 | < 5 | -- |
| 1960 | | 15 | 3,335 | 6 | 4,006 |
| 1959 | | 8 | 4,978 | < 5 | -- |
| 1958 | | 9 | 4,476 | < 5 | -- |
| 1957 | | 7 | 5,302 | < 5 | -- |
| 1956 | | 10 | 4,131 | < 5 | -- |
| 1955 | | 8 | 4,692 | < 5 | -- |
| 1954 | | 7 | 5,085 | < 5 | -- |
| 1953 | | 12 | 3,461 | < 5 | -- |
| 1952 | | 6 | 5,500 | < 5 | -- |
| 1951 | | 7 | 4,778 | < 5 | -- |
| 1950 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1949 | | 9 | 3,867 | < 5 | -- |
| 1948 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1947 | | 8 | 4,308 | < 5 | -- |
| 1946 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1945 | | 7 | 3,986 | < 5 | -- |
| 1944 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1943 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1942 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1941 | | 5 | 5,004 | < 5 | -- |
| 1940 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1939 | | 6 | 4,196 | < 5 | -- |
| 1938 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1937 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1936 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1935 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1934 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1933 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1932 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1931 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1930 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1929 | | < 5 | -- | 6 | 3,912 |
| 1928 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1927 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1926 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 4,760 |
| 1925 | | < 5 | -- | 6 | 4,141 |
| 1924 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1923 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 4,812 |
| 1922 | | < 5 | -- | 7 | 3,827 |
| 1921 | | < 5 | -- | 7 | 3,827 |
| 1920 | | < 5 | -- | 6 | 4,221 |
| 1919 | | < 5 | -- | 8 | 3,359 |
| 1918 | | < 5 | -- | 7 | 3,674 |
| 1917 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1916 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1915 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1914 | | < 5 | -- | 11 | 2,088 |
| 1913 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1912 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1911 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1910 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1909 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1908 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1907 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1906 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1905 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1904 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1903 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1902 | | < 5 | -- | 5 | 1,299 |
| 1901 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1900 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1899 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1898 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1897 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1896 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1895 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1894 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1893 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1892 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1891 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1890 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1889 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1888 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1887 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1886 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1885 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1884 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1883 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1882 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1881 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1880 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |