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Sun

#6,750 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

To do, to make, through صُنْع

Sun has been given to 1,007 babies in the U.S. since 1902. In 2025 it ranked #6,750 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% boys, 50% girls all-time.

Babies named Sun, 2025

1 in 255,000

Sun over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sun over time

In 2025, Sun went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

19022025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sun: meaning, origin, and history

To do, to make, through صُنْع

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sun means

Sun belongs to the name family reached through Sun → صُنْع. Its meaning is “to do, to make”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sun is used in Turkish.

Sun comes through Ottoman Turkish صنع and Arabic صُنْع.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include صُنْع.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 504 boys were recorded with the name Sun between 1902 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,298 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,976 in 2020 to #6,750 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,445 in 2015 to #6,750 in 2025.

In the United States, 503 girls were recorded with the name Sun between 1939 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1971; its best national rank was #3,336 in 1960.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #13,315 in 2020 to #16,980 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sun?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,750
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sun sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Suns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sun was born before 1993 — so the typical Sun is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
20.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
431
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 20.0% of all recorded uses (101).

Is Sun rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,718
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,226
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,695
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.63×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.0%
Peak was 2024 (20)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,298
1902

Where Sun is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sun was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 601,128 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sun is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sun was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 205,370 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 12,500
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sun around the world

Where Sun ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2003–2025
    #2,458
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2017–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1983–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sun by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,750
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,226
Best rank ever
#1,298
1902
Peak year
2024
20 that year
First recorded
1902
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
504
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,980
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,665
Best rank ever
#3,336
1960
Peak year
1971
16 that year
First recorded
1939
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
503
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Sun

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sun

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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