Given name & surname
Sundown
“born at dusk”
Sundown is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “born at dusk.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “born at dusk.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sundown through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 6 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sundown’s family of names
Sundown has a related form in Sundowne.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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