Sunshine
Girl · SUN-shine · English
Sunshine is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “sunshine”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).
What does Sunshine mean?
English: English word
“sunshine”
- Say it
- SUN-shine
Is Sunshine a girl's or a boy's name?
Sunshine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 57 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sunshine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Sunshine, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sunshine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Sunshine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sunshine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Sunshine, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 1975, with 324 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
2025 had fewer girls named Sunshine than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sunshine in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sunshine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,933 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,493 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,789 |
| 2004 | 86 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 78 | #2,111 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 67 | #2,143 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,881 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,457 |
| 1984 | 92 | #1,323 |
| 1983 | 126 | #1,090 |
| 1982 | 143 | #1,025 |
| 1981 | 199 | #805 |
| 1980 | 241 | #705 |
| 1979 | 240 | #707 |
| 1978 | 228 | #696 |
| 1977 | 303 | #574 |
| 1976 | 296 | #565 |
| 1975 | 324 | #533 |
| 1974 | 255 | #609 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,015 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,857 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
Nicknames for Sunshine
- Sunny 76 boys in the UK in 2025
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