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Sunny

“Diminutive of South Asian names such as Sunil or Sunita” — English/South Asian origin

Girl's name · #389 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Sunny has appeared in US records since 1912 — best rank #370 (2024) · 13,191 babies named Sunny all-time · 1 in 2,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,900 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 3,000 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 7,000 girls in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sunnys

• Sunny Leone — American-Canadian actress, model and former adult-film actress
• Sunny — South Korean-American singer
• Sunny Mabrey — American actress, model and comedian
• Sunny Singh — writer
• Sunny Johnson — American actress (1953-1984)

In stories & tradition

• Sunny Baudelaire — A Series of Unfortunate Events · Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Sunny Emmerich — Metal Gear
• Sunny Nwazue — character

What Sunnys become

Among 213 notable people named Sunny:

Entertainers appear 3.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sunny Leone, American-Canadian actress, model and former adult-film actress.

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