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Sundance

OriginEnglish
Meaning"sun dance"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boys#13646

2025 SSA

US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

About Sundance

Long synonymous with the American outlaw Harry Longabaugh, aka The Sundance Kid, who got his nickname from the town of Sundance, Wyoming, where he was incarcerated as a teenager. The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by local Native American tribes.

Sundance for boys#13646 US

Modern bearers of the name include Australian physicist Sundance Bilson-Thompson, and the son of beach volleyball players Casey and Kerri Jennings, born in 2010.

Sundance for girls

The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by local Native American tribes.

Country music singer Mark Wystrach and his wife named their daughter Sundance in 2019.

Pronounced SUN-dance.

As of October 2026, Sundance ranked #13646 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3817 in 1978.

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Famous Sundances

  • Jason "Sundance" HeadBoy

    American country,soul singer,songwriter; son of singer Roy Head

  • Sundance Thomas Jennings (b. 2010)Boy

    son of beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh Jennings and Casey Jennings

  • The Sundance KidBoy

    nickname of Harry Longabaugh, American Wild West outlaw (whose nickname was taken from the Sundance, Wyoming jail where he spent 18 months)

Sundance in pop culture

  • SundanceBoy

    character in My Little Pony G1 series

  • The Sun DanceBoy

    a Native American religious ceremony

  • SundanceBoy

    Wyoming, USA

  • Sundance Film FestivalBoy

    held in Sundance, Wyoming

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