Sun
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 50.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 504since 1902
Sun over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | — | #4,890 | 20 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1902
The first year at least five boys were named Sun! It came in at #1,137, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sun is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sun in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sun
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,556 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #6,446)
- 1,056 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,446)
- 2,298 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1902 at #1,137 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,532
- Highest: 1 in 24,532 boys born in 1902 were named Sun (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 20.0% of all boys named Sun (101) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 26 | #1,975 (1914) | #2,819 |
| 1920s | 42 | #3,517 (1921) | #3,801 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,665 (1960) | #3,665 |
| 1970s | 57 | #3,428 (1975) | #4,056 |
| 1980s | 101 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,268 |
| 1990s | 52 | #5,868 (1994) | #7,671 |
| 2000s | 56 | #7,692 (2009) | #9,211 |
| 2010s | 66 | #6,036 (2018) | #9,080 |
| 2020s | 93 | #4,890 (2024) | #5,891 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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