How Many People Are Named Sunshine?
people named Sunshine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,587 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,779 babies named Sunshine in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
324 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sunshine, 99.2% were girls and 0.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sunshine alive today is about 34 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sunshine first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 1975, to 324 babies. In 2025, 57 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sunshine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #534, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #2,952.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,952 |
| Best rank | #534 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #770 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sunshine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sunshine were born in California than in any other state: about 970 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sunshine was given 2.9 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Arizona and 1.6 times in Florida.
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