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Sun Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sun?

In 2018 the rare name Sun, ranked the 17,717th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Sun would be a striking name choice.

Position 3335, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1960.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1971 with 16 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Sun in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2016.

Sometimes the name Sun has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Sun has been moving upward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Sun has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sun?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Sun is mostly unused but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Sun (Girl)Sun (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 17,717 14 6,266
2017 6 15,667 8 9,539
2016 < 5 -- 10 8,071
2015 < 5 -- 8 9,439
2014 7 14,361 5 13,782
2013 < 5 -- 6 11,948
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- 7 10,600
2009 < 5 -- 10 8,217
2008 5 20,098 < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- 5 14,121
2006 7 14,957 < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- 8 8,975
2004 < 5 -- 8 8,807
2003 < 5 -- 8 8,516
2002 < 5 -- 5 12,246
2001 11 9,280 7 9,101
2000 11 9,088 5 11,899
1999 5 16,600 5 11,384
1998 < 5 -- 5 11,087
1997 < 5 -- 8 7,188
1996 8 10,438 7 7,860
1995 5 15,455 < 5 --
1994 13 7,040 9 6,292
1993 < 5 -- 7 7,524
1992 6 13,157 < 5 --
1991 16 5,913 6 8,111
1990 12 7,244 5 9,325
1989 8 9,570 11 4,770
1988 9 8,312 8 5,671
1987 8 8,669 9 4,906
1986 11 6,530 8 5,268
1985 8 8,226 6 6,431
1984 12 5,843 12 3,657
1983 13 5,407 12 3,596
1982 11 6,308 14 3,259
1981 14 5,209 8 4,901
1980 10 6,720 13 3,405
1979 7 8,893 9 4,353
1978 16 4,427 9 4,126
1977 13 5,168 7 5,051
1976 9 6,530 6 5,514
1975 11 5,457 10 3,631
1974 9 6,185 9 3,802
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 9 5,875 7 4,382
1971 16 3,925 < 5 --
1970 11 5,018 < 5 --
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 5 8,037 < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 6 6,472 < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 5 7,511 < 5 --
1962 7 5,780 < 5 --
1961 7 5,763 < 5 --
1960 15 3,335 6 4,006
1959 8 4,978 < 5 --
1958 9 4,476 < 5 --
1957 7 5,302 < 5 --
1956 10 4,131 < 5 --
1955 8 4,692 < 5 --
1954 7 5,085 < 5 --
1953 12 3,461 < 5 --
1952 6 5,500 < 5 --
1951 7 4,778 < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 9 3,867 < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 8 4,308 < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 7 3,986 < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 5 5,004 < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 6 4,196 < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- 6 3,912
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 < 5 -- < 5 --
1926 < 5 -- 5 4,760
1925 < 5 -- 6 4,141
1924 < 5 -- < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- 5 4,812
1922 < 5 -- 7 3,827
1921 < 5 -- 7 3,827
1920 < 5 -- 6 4,221
1919 < 5 -- 8 3,359
1918 < 5 -- 7 3,674
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1914 < 5 -- 11 2,088
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1902 < 5 -- 5 1,299
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.