Sun
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Sun is a name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Sun come from?
Chinese: Chinese and Korean name; also the English word
- Say it
- SUN
Is Sun a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sun has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Sun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Sun, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902. 5 girls were also named Sun in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Sun than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sun in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
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