Sunshine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Sunshine
Sunshine was seen as a quintessential hippie name of the 70s, reaching as high as Number 536 in 1975. Now such names are making a bit of a retro comeback, seen, for example, as a character on Glee.
Sunshine is also given to boys.
Pronounced SUN-shyn.
As of October 2026, Sunshine ranked #2952 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #534 in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,480 | 46 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,998 | 58 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,220 | 51 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,960 | 56 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,455 | 73 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,676 | 65 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,372 | 75 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,482 | 72 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,575 | 69 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,392 | 76 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,682 | 65 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,952 | 57 | — | 0 |
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Sunshine on lists
Famous Sunshines
- Sunshine AndersonGirl
American R&B singer
- (Margaret) Sunshine Cansancio DizonGirl
Filipina actress
- Caroline Mohr SunshineGirl
American actress
- Marion Sunshine (born Mary Tunstall Ijames)Girl
American actress
- Lloyd Olen "Sunshine" ParkerGirl
American male actor
- Emmanuel "Sunshine" LogroñoGirl
Puerto Rican male actor
Sunshine in pop culture
- Sunshine CorazonGirl
character on TV's "Glee"
- Sunshine LearyGirl
character in video game "The Sims 3" Moonlight Bay
- Sunshine "Sunny" WinslowGirl
character in the California Diaries series by Ann M. Martin
- Sunshine BlackGirl
character in Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- SunshineGirl
character in Susan Vaught's "Freaks Like Us"
- Mary SunshineGirl
character in musical "Chicago"
- "Sunshine on my ShouldersGirl
" Song by John Denver
- "Sunshine SupermanGirl
" Song by Donovan