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Sunshine

/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ · 99% girls · 57 born in 2025

Sunshine has been given to about 5,779 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1975, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 5,428
Median age today42 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sunshine per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1975 · 324
  • Born in 202557
  • All time5,779
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Sunshine?

Its best year was 1975, when 324 babies were given the name, ranking 534th. The typical living American called Sunshine is about 42 years old today. It is relatively most common in Texas, where it accounts for 0.00% of births.

Names that sound like Sunshine

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Justine0.72
  2. Susanne0.67
  3. Susie0.66
  4. Suzanne0.64
  5. Augustine0.61
  6. Ernestine0.59
  7. Jasmine0.57
  8. Kristine0.57

Middle names for Sunshine

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sunshine Rose0.87
  2. Sunshine Marie0.87
  3. Sunshine Grace0.87
  4. Sunshine Louise0.87
  5. Sunshine Claire0.86
  6. Sunshine Mae0.86

Sibling names for Sunshine

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Kareembrother · 0.85
  2. Aishasister · 0.83
  3. Aronbrother · 0.80
  4. Elishaeither · 0.80
  5. Dereckbrother · 0.80
  6. Jaimeeither · 0.80

Where Sunshine is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Texas0.00%
  2. California0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Sunshine White0.82
  2. Sunshine Nguyen0.82
  3. Sunshine Moore0.82
  4. Sunshine Hill0.82
  5. Sunshine Hall0.82
  6. Sunshine Brown0.82

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Sunshine

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sunshine across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.