Sunny

Sunny

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 27% girls / 73% boys

Meaning

Sunny is a unisex name. It can be a given name, a surname, and a nickname, especially from names such as: Sana, Sunil, Sundeep, Sunita, Shams Suniel, or Suraj. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Sunny first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 43 babies (rank #697 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sunny

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sunny yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

798

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	20	#779
1997	26	#656
1998	27	#656
1999	21	#804
2000	13	#1,154
2001	23	#784
2002	26	#749
2003	29	#744
2004	32	#730
2005	28	#847
2006	32	#811
2007	29	#899
2008	43	#697
2009	29	#941
2010	31	#940
2011	32	#926
2012	38	#835
2013	22	#1,182
2014	25	#1,113
2015	30	#994
2016	29	#1,018

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#779

1997

#656

1998

#656

1999

#804

2000

#1,154

2001

#784

2002

#749

2003

#744

2004

#730

2005

#847

2006

#811

2007

#899

2008

#697

2009

#941

2010

#940

2011

#926

2012

#835

2013

#1,182

2014

#1,113

2015

#994

2016

#1,018

Meaning

Numerology of Sunny

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Sunny

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Year-by-Year Detail