Recorded 1902–2025 · United States
Sun was most popular in 2022, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,292 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,007 people named Sun.
Across the whole record Sun is a unisex name — 50.0% of the 1,007 Americans given it were girls and 50.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 23% girls and 77% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
See Sun on the interactive charts
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org