Feminine dossier · first seen 1905

Sunshine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sunshine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1975

Peak rank proxy

324

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1905Peak 19752024

Peak year

1975

Decline from peak

79.9%

2024

All-time

5,674

Sunshine has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1975, when 324 girls were named Sunshine.

In 2024, only 65 girls were given the name.

Down 79.9% from its peak.

All told, about 5,674 Americans have been named Sunshine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1905.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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