Sun**
#4,788 most common boys' name of all time · #11,811 across all names · 50% boys / 50% girls · used 1902–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,788
Rank overall
#11,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,007
Since 2016
172
Peak year
2022 #5,036
Best rank
#1,318 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Sun first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,471 |
| 2024 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,906 |
| 2023 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,951 |
| 2022 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #5,036 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,586 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,533 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,937 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,057 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,888 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,643 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,804 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,194 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,779 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,749 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,742 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,468 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,362 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,200 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,895 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,764 |
| 2001 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #8,402 |
| 2000 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #10,428 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #10,006 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,716 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,677 |
| 1996 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #7,213 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #5,916 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,893 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #7,355 |
| 1990 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #8,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #4,564 |
| 1988 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #5,270 |
| 1987 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,637 |
| 1986 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #4,919 |
| 1985 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #5,854 |
| 1984 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #3,511 |
| 1983 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #3,452 |
| 1982 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #3,149 |
| 1981 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #4,581 |
| 1980 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #3,285 |
| 1979 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #4,125 |
| 1978 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #3,900 |
| 1977 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #4,665 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,035 |
| 1975 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,475 |
| 1974 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,623 |
| 1972 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,046 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1970 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1960 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,653 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,321 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,355 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,615 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,901 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,181 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,050 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,318 |