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Sunshine Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sunshine?

In 2018 the rare name Sunshine, ranked the 2,464th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Sunshine is currently less popular.

Position 534, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1975 with 324 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Sunshine was less than 5, most recently in 1967.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Sunshine occurred roughly during the years 1967-1975, 1994-2000, and 2014-2017, whereas 1979-1988 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Sunshine has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Sunshine has remained mostly unchanged for a while. however, the number of children named Sunshine lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sunshine?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Sunshine is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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   Sunshine (Girl)Sunshine (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 72 2,464 < 5 --
2017 55 3,001 < 5 --
2016 51 3,214 < 5 --
2015 58 2,994 < 5 --
2014 45 3,530 < 5 --
2013 63 2,754 < 5 --
2012 70 2,591 < 5 --
2011 62 2,834 < 5 --
2010 73 2,532 < 5 --
2009 68 2,702 < 5 --
2008 73 2,578 < 5 --
2007 88 2,242 < 5 --
2006 65 2,754 < 5 --
2005 109 1,800 < 5 --
2004 86 2,112 < 5 --
2003 78 2,224 < 5 --
2002 91 1,950 < 5 --
2001 78 2,123 < 5 --
2000 96 1,811 < 5 --
1999 82 1,938 < 5 --
1998 67 2,160 < 5 --
1997 78 1,897 < 5 --
1996 59 2,277 < 5 --
1995 51 2,513 < 5 --
1994 41 2,929 < 5 --
1993 47 2,633 < 5 --
1992 41 2,915 < 5 --
1991 45 2,699 < 5 --
1990 41 2,845 < 5 --
1989 54 2,244 < 5 --
1988 46 2,409 < 5 --
1987 56 2,016 < 5 --
1986 68 1,734 < 5 --
1985 85 1,470 < 5 --
1984 92 1,329 < 5 --
1983 126 1,093 < 5 --
1982 143 1,029 < 5 --
1981 199 805 5 7,152
1980 241 707 < 5 --
1979 240 708 < 5 --
1978 228 697 < 5 --
1977 303 575 5 6,733
1976 296 565 9 3,971
1975 324 534 < 5 --
1974 255 610 7 4,578
1973 115 1,026 5 5,788
1972 81 1,277 < 5 --
1971 47 1,869 6 4,851
1970 22 3,094 < 5 --
1969 7 6,519 < 5 --
1968 5 8,039 < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 5 7,472 < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 < 5 -- < 5 --
1962 < 5 -- < 5 --
1961 5 7,411 < 5 --
1960 < 5 -- < 5 --
1959 < 5 -- < 5 --
1958 7 5,340 < 5 --
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
1956 10 4,132 < 5 --
1955 6 5,751 < 5 --
1954 6 5,675 < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 8 4,439 < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 5 4,885 < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 10 3,024 < 5 --
1931 5 4,890 < 5 --
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 7 4,005 < 5 --
1928 6 4,662 < 5 --
1927 9 3,536 < 5 --
1926 19 2,066 < 5 --
1925 8 3,987 < 5 --
1924 14 2,649 < 5 --
1923 13 2,713 < 5 --
1922 18 2,178 < 5 --
1921 11 3,130 < 5 --
1920 15 2,449 < 5 --
1919 11 2,984 < 5 --
1918 20 1,951 < 5 --
1917 9 3,314 < 5 --
1916 12 2,637 < 5 --
1915 9 3,107 < 5 --
1914 9 2,609 < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 8 2,331 < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 9 1,494 < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 5 2,197 < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
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 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.