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Sunny

Meaning: Sunny, cheerful
Origin: English — From the word sunny

Meaning: Dark blue
Origin: Sanskrit — Short form of Sunil

Meaning: Not established
Origin: Punjabi — Short form of Sundeep

Boy's name · #1078 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

21% boys · 79% girls — About 79% of babies named Sunny in recent years have been girls. Sunny →

Popularity over time

Sunny reached its best rank, #1049, in 2024 and ranked #1078 in 2025. About 4,500 boys have carried it since 1900.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#441 in Scotland (2025) · #563 in England & Wales (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,127 in Canada (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,804 in Italy (2024) · #3,020 in France (2025) · #447 in New Zealand (2024) · #1,694 in Austria (2023) · #9,132 in Ecuador (2015).

Famous Sunnys

Sunny Deol — Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1957)
Sunny Suljic — American actor (born 2005)
Sunny Singh — Indian actor (born 1985)
Sunny Kaushal — Indian actor (born 1989)
Sunny Wayne — Indian film actor (born 1983)

In stories & tradition

Sunny Lee — Fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

What Sunnys become

Among 213 notable people named Sunny:

Entertainers appear 3.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sunny Deol, Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1957).

Similar names: Atharv · Summit · Amani · Dhruv · Ravi · Kavi

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