Fun Facts About the Name Sunset
- 116 babies named Sunset: U.S. records list 116 babies given the name Sunset from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Sunset Mean?
Sunset is an English word name taken directly from the common noun sunset, which names the daily passage of the sun below the horizon and the colored light in the sky at that time. The noun is a compound of sun (Old English sunne) and set, from the verb settan, meaning "to set, place, cause to sit," so its literal sense is the sun's setting. Because the given name is simply the everyday noun, it carries no separate etymology of its own and no root in another language, as names such as John or Irene do.
Sunset Name History & Origins
Sunset belongs to the English practice of using ordinary words as personal names. That practice has produced names drawn from nature (Dawn, Summer, Rain), from virtues, and from places, and Sunset is one of the less frequent members of the group.
Since the name is identical to a common English word, its history as a personal name is not distinct from the word's history. English has used sunset for the end of the day for centuries, alongside the older synonym sundown. Giving the word to a child is occasional rather than traditional; the name is not tied to a saint, a royal house, or a classical text the way many older names are. The word also appears widely as a place name (as in Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles) and in titles such as the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard; those are uses of the noun, not evidence about the given name.
How Popular is the Name Sunset?
Sunset has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #8,913 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,027 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #12,053 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #11,138 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,913 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #17,228 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,642 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,327 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #12,756 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #14,391 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #18,953 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #14,770 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #12,468 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #12,560 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #15,478 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #10,348 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Sunset Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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