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How popular is “Sunny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sunny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sunny” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sunny” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sunny” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sunny” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sunny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sunny” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 7 7 0%
1914 18 0.000012709 13 5 44%
1916 13 0.00000672 8 5 23%
1917 16 0.000007973 10 6 25%
1918 16 0.000007369 11 5 38%
1919 20 0.000009478 7 13 -30%
1920 19 0.000008397 13 6 37%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1922 23 0.000010047 13 10 13%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 18 12 20%
1925 20 0.000008572 13 7 30%
1926 16 0.000006969 9 7 13%
1927 20 0.000008623 10 10 0%
1928 16 0.000007077 11 5 38%
1929 25 0.000011404 17 8 36%
1930 33 0.000014843 18 15 9%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 26 0.000012315 16 10 23%
1933 20 0.000010003 11 9 10%
1934 21 0.000010112 15 6 43%
1935 21 0.000010048 12 9 14%
1936 30 0.00001444 21 9 40%
1937 33 0.000015488 24 9 45%
1938 44 0.000019886 30 14 36%
1939 36 0.000016338 28 8 56%
1940 51 0.000022148 39 12 53%
1941 50 0.000020522 43 7 72%
1942 81 0.000029651 74 7 83%
1943 63 0.00002232 55 8 75%
1944 63 0.000023419 54 9 71%
1945 71 0.000026763 60 11 69%
1946 65 0.000020342 53 12 63%
1947 66 0.000018322 51 15 55%
1948 57 0.00001651 45 12 58%
1949 43 0.000012339 37 6 72%
1950 47 0.000013416 35 12 49%
1951 49 0.000013302 44 5 80%
1952 59 0.000015534 50 9 69%
1953 76 0.000019722 66 10 74%
1954 74 0.00001859 69 5 86%
1955 48 0.000011955 40 8 67%
1956 38 0.000009217 32 6 68%
1957 46 0.000010947 36 10 57%
1958 50 0.000012095 43 7 72%
1959 52 0.000012506 40 12 54%
1960 36 0.000008667 31 5 72%
1961 31 0.000007484 31 100%
1962 29 0.000007186 29 100%
1963 39 0.000009853 32 7 64%
1964 34 0.000008746 25 9 47%
1965 23 0.000006344 17 6 48%
1966 51 0.000014673 40 11 57%
1967 55 0.000016201 44 11 60%
1968 74 0.000021904 65 9 76%
1969 95 0.000027336 83 12 75%
1970 98 0.000027173 78 20 59%
1971 147 0.000042828 127 20 73%
1972 140 0.000044544 106 34 51%
1973 111 0.000036793 81 30 46%
1974 125 0.000041118 90 35 44%
1975 350 0.000115917 319 31 82%
1976 342 0.000112711 309 33 81%
1977 266 0.00008374 234 32 76%
1978 210 0.000066165 167 43 59%
1979 216 0.000064923 184 32 70%
1980 227 0.000065902 201 26 77%
1981 209 0.000060416 186 23 78%
1982 209 0.000059579 179 30 71%
1983 161 0.000046487 126 35 57%
1984 162 0.000046435 116 46 43%
1985 221 0.00006192 162 59 47%
1986 217 0.000061005 148 69 36%
1987 203 0.000056301 144 59 42%
1988 224 0.000060622 135 89 21%
1989 198 0.000051503 115 83 16%
1990 195 0.000049336 105 90 8%
1991 213 0.000054682 112 101 5%
1992 174 0.000045297 81 93 -7%
1993 165 0.000043763 82 83 -1%
1994 208 0.000055949 105 103 1%
1995 138 0.000037683 74 64 7%
1996 165 0.00004524 77 88 -7%
1997 183 0.000050472 101 82 10%
1998 186 0.000050568 115 71 24%
1999 178 0.000048188 98 80 10%
2000 179 0.000047356 107 72 20%
2001 156 0.000041673 88 68 13%
2002 150 0.000040125 87 63 16%
2003 173 0.000045499 100 73 16%
2004 158 0.000041351 96 62 22%
2005 210 0.000054619 133 77 27%
2006 196 0.000049543 119 77 21%
2007 193 0.000048278 139 54 44%
2008 165 0.000041978 114 51 38%
2009 227 0.000059421 161 66 42%
2010 254 0.000068728 186 68 46%
2011 226 0.000061786 173 53 53%
2012 251 0.000068629 195 56 55%
2013 270 0.000074061 207 63 53%
2014 249 0.000067182 202 47 62%
2015 292 0.000078899 218 74 49%
2016 285 0.000077684 214 71 50%
2017 324 0.000090599 265 59 64%
2018 390 0.000110925 312 78 60%
2019 460 0.000132529 350 110 52%
2020 528 0.000158057 411 117 56%
2021 599 0.000176803 463 136 55%
2022 710 0.000209865 550 160 55%
2023 941 0.000284187 752 189 60%
2024 1047 0.000314556 837 210 60%

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