Sunshine

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sunshine: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sunshine: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,770, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2770highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#2770
2005	#4798
2008	#5545
2012	#3681
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2023	#4056
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2770 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sunshine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sunshine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sunshine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2770 in England and Wales in 1999.

Sunshine's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,770, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Goldy · #2770, 15y
Nicoletta · #2770, 16y
Pelin · #2770, 18y
Rivkah · #2770, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Goldy · #2770, 15y
Nicoletta · #2770, 16y
Pelin · #2770, 18y
Rivkah · #2770, 16y

Sunshine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sunshine without appearing here.

Sunshine moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Sunshine

Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1934.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #2314.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2706.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2770 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sunshine

Sunshine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sunshine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sunshine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sunshine and the names beside it

Sunshine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sunshine

Sunshine at a glance

Sunshine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sunshine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sunshine and the names beside it

Sunshine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sunshine