Sunnie

Gender: Unisex
Say it: SUN-ee
Origin: English
UK rank, 2025: #1,135 for girls
US rank, 2025: #1,092 for girls

Sunnie is a name of English origin, meaning “sunny, cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 1,092nd for girls in the US (221 babies).

What does Sunnie mean?

English: spelling of Sunny

“sunny, cheerful”

A spelling of Sunny, from the English word for bright, sunlit weather or a cheerful temperament.

Is Sunnie a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Sunnie has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 221 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Sunnie in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 1,135th among girls
Babies in 2025: 31 about 1 in 9,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising fast up 195% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Sunnie, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. 9 boys were also named Sunnie in 2025 (2,511th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Sunnie of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Sunnie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 72 girls in the UK were given Sunnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #557, up from #1,135 for this spelling alone.

Sunny 38
Sunnie 31
Sonnie 3

In 2025, 78% of the babies named Sunnie in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

1997Busiest: 31 in 20252025

Sunnie in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	31	#1,135
2024	21	#1,538
2023	7	#3,388
2022	12	#2,277
2021	13	#2,202
2020	11	#2,407
2019	6	#3,738
2018	3	#5,896
2017	0	–
2016	2	#7,579
2015	8	#3,114
2014	6	#3,702
2013	3	#6,003
2012	4	#5,058
2011	4	#4,980
2010	0	–
2009	3	#5,801
2008	4	#4,742
2007	4	#4,494
2006	0	–
2005	4	#4,150
2004	0	–
2003	1	#5,865
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	4	#3,310
1997	1	#5,110

How popular is Sunnie in the US?

Rank in 2025: 1,092nd among girls
Babies in 2025: 221 about 1 in 7,300 girls
Five-year trend: Rising fast up 169% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 221 girls in the US were named Sunnie, making it the 1,092nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915. 9 boys were also named Sunnie in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Sunnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,212 girls in the US were given Sunnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #280, up from #1,092 for this spelling alone.

Sunny 798
Sunnie 221
Sunni 99
Sonny 55
Sonnie 28
Sonni 11

1915Busiest: 221 in 20242025

Sunnie in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	221	#1,092
2024	221	#1,105
2023	129	#1,614
2022	127	#1,659
2021	122	#1,698
2020	85	#2,135
2019	72	#2,451
2018	55	#2,961
2017	39	#3,847
2016	31	#4,530
2015	45	#3,478
2014	54	#3,078
2013	43	#3,571
2012	35	#4,214
2011	42	#3,658
2010	32	#4,493
2009	29	#4,930
2008	35	#4,359
2007	25	#5,523
2006	25	#5,382
2005	27	#4,824
2004	33	#4,168
2003	37	#3,727
2002	31	#4,067
2001	31	#4,021
2000	35	#3,659
1999	19	#5,418
1998	27	#4,139
1997	18	#5,413
1996	29	#3,718
1995	13	#6,636
1994	17	#5,440
1993	23	#4,387
1992	18	#5,260
1991	24	#4,202
1990	28	#3,709
1989	32	#3,247
1988	39	#2,695
1987	30	#3,098
1986	30	#3,052
1985	26	#3,327
1984	25	#3,328
1983	20	#3,805
1982	35	#2,645
1981	50	#2,061
1980	42	#2,308
1979	30	#2,860
1978	30	#2,741
1977	30	#2,715
1976	34	#2,387
1975	32	#2,456
1974	21	#3,212
1973	17	#3,634
1972	23	#2,903
1971	19	#3,373
1970	18	#3,435
1969	13	#3,957
1968	11	#4,221
1967	6	#6,041
1966	6	#5,808
1965	0	–
1964	6	#6,008
1963	0	–
1962	6	#5,859
1961	10	#4,238
1960	6	#5,695
1959	7	#5,030
1958	6	#5,407
1957	8	#4,535
1956	6	#5,324
1955	7	#4,739
1954	11	#3,489
1953	5	#5,672
1952	8	#4,122
1951	9	#3,713
1950	5	#5,299
1949	0	–
1948	7	#4,203
1947	8	#4,005
1946	9	#3,429
1945	8	#3,386
1944	5	#4,572
1943	7	#3,800
1942	9	#3,192
1941	0	–
1940	5	#4,347
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	5	#4,216
1932	0	–
1931	0	–
1930	5	#4,548
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	6	#4,304
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	0	–
1921	6	#4,462
1920	0	–
1919	0	–
1918	6	#4,289
1917	0	–
1916	0	–
1915	10	#2,687

Names like Sunnie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sylvie, Scarlett, Stevie, Willow, Harper, Hallie, Autumn, Ivy, Maisie, Edie, Evie, Riley

Other spellings of Sunnie

Sunny, Sonnie, Sunni, Sonny, Sonni

Names related to Sunnie

Shaunie, Suni

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Sunnie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sunnie, updated 20 October 2026.