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 #4,201 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2770highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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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
2025	#4201

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 29 years from 1997 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #2770 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4201 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
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	25	5 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 Wales has 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.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2025. 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
2025	England and Wales	female	#4201	5	High	Verified
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.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 14 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 →
3 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 →
#4,201position in 2025, 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.

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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, 16y
Nicoletta · #2770, 16y
Pelin · #2770, 19y
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, 16y
Nicoletta · #2770, 16y
Pelin · #2770, 19y
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 2,576 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
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Jeanette
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kari
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kirsten
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
In 2004 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1934.
Meabh
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #2314.
Fiadh
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Rory
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Sunshine

Frida
Between 1999 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunshine went from #2770 to #4201 while Frida went from #3900 to #922.
Meabh
Between 1999 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sunshine went from #2770 to #4201 while Meabh went from #3225 to #1229.

What is known about Sunshine

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1997–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2025. 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

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sunshine and the names beside it

Sunshine moved ahead of

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What is known about 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

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