Sonia
#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #5,360
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 1,554 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 66,747since 1895
Sonia over time
Rank among girls' names. Sonia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,299 | 171 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,350 | 169 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,255 | 183 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,152 | 211 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,229 | 191 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,126 | 214 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,119 | 217 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,064 | 240 | — | |
| 2017 | #978 | 267 | — | |
| 2016 | #999 | 264 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,068 | 246 | — | |
| 2014 | #948 | 283 | — | |
| 2013 | #865 | 298 | — | |
| 2012 | #817 | 328 | — | |
| 2011 | #774 | 351 | — | |
| 2010 | #720 | 392 | — | |
| 2009 | #687 | 425 | — | |
| 2008 | #709 | 423 | — | |
| 2007 | #645 | 460 | — | |
| 2006 | #607 | 481 | — | |
| 2005 | #582 | 489 | — | |
| 2004 | #551 | 516 | — | |
| 2003 | #555 | 498 | — | |
| 2002 | #530 | 520 | — | |
| 2001 | #507 | 542 | — | |
| 2000 | #507 | 532 | — | |
| 1999 | #461 | 576 | — | |
| 1998 | #418 | 635 | — | |
| 1997 | #405 | 647 | — | |
| 1996 | #409 | 637 | — | |
| 1995 | #368 | 711 | — | |
| 1994 | #364 | 711 | — | |
| 1993 | #326 | 804 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #331 | 812 | — | |
| 1991 | #315 | 852 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #314 | 868 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #303 | 859 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #316 | 784 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #292 | 826 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #287 | 858 | — | |
| 1985 | #280 | 889 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #264 | 928 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #245 | 959 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #241 | 1,048 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #227 | 1,129 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #209 | 1,252 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #207 | 1,276 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #203 | 1,265 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #197 | 1,370 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #165 | 1,554 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #177 | 1,491 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #171 | 1,577 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #174 | 1,600 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #176 | 1,612 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #182 | 1,693 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #186 | 1,767 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #182 | 1,751 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #199 | 1,566 | — | |
| 1967 | #206 | 1,495 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #205 | 1,529 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #244 | 1,254 | — | |
| 1964 | #254 | 1,220 | — | |
| 1963 | #256 | 1,169 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #281 | 1,027 | — | |
| 1961 | #294 | 983 | — | |
| 1960 | #302 | 951 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #300 | 917 | — | |
| 1958 | #321 | 839 | — | |
| 1957 | #333 | 747 | — | |
| 1956 | #349 | 625 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #357 | 591 | — | |
| 1954 | #377 | 537 | — | |
| 1953 | #408 | 438 | — | |
| 1952 | #391 | 442 | — | |
| 1951 | #420 | 396 | — | |
| 1950 | #440 | 333 | — | |
| 1949 | #451 | 313 | — | |
| 1948 | #488 | 273 | — | |
| 1947 | #489 | 280 | — | |
| 1946 | #525 | 223 | — | |
| 1945 | #469 | 233 | — | |
| 1944 | #507 | 202 | — | |
| 1943 | #457 | 262 | — | |
| 1942 | #467 | 249 | — | |
| 1941 | #446 | 237 | — | |
| 1940 | #387 | 299 | — | |
| 1939 | #398 | 282 | — | |
| 1938 | #302 | 429 | — | |
| 1937 | #338 | 346 | — | |
| 1936 | #405 | 251 | — | |
| 1935 | #427 | 226 | — | |
| 1934 | #427 | 236 | — | |
| 1933 | #442 | 212 | — | |
| 1932 | #464 | 198 | — | |
| 1931 | #506 | 164 | — | |
| 1930 | #526 | 166 | — | |
| 1929 | #525 | 169 | — | |
| 1928 | #508 | 184 | — | |
| 1927 | #474 | 218 | — | |
| 1926 | #612 | 134 | — | |
| 1925 | #710 | 108 | — | |
| 1924 | #756 | 97 | — | |
| 1923 | #786 | 86 | — | |
| 1922 | #826 | 79 | — | |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 | — | |
| 1920 | #825 | 76 | — | |
| 1919 | #712 | 96 | — | |
| 1918 | #708 | 104 | — | |
| 1917 | #775 | 79 | — | |
| 1916 | #831 | 66 | — | |
| 1915 | #831 | 61 | — | |
| 1914 | #765 | 57 | — | |
| 1913 | #782 | 45 | — | |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | — | |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sonia! It came in at #1,299, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1899, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sonia
- 51 spots since 2024 (#1,350 → #1,299)
- 173 spots since 2020 (#1,126 → #1,299)
- 231 spots since 2015 (#1,068 → #1,299)
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1909 (#1,004 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1910 (#845 → #970)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1976 at #165 (1,554 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1909–2014
- Highest: 1 in 911 girls born in 1973 were named Sonia (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #165 in 1976, was only 1 in 943 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all girls named Sonia (15,205) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 30 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,449 |
| 1900s | 107 | #845 (1909) | #1,272 |
| 1910s | 588 | #708 (1918) | #809 |
| 1920s | 1,230 | #474 (1927) | #685 |
| 1930s | 2,510 | #302 (1938) | #424 |
| 1940s | 2,571 | #387 (1940) | #469 |
| 1950s | 5,865 | #300 (1959) | #370 |
| 1960s | 12,945 | #182 (1969) | #242 |
| 1970s | 15,205 | #165 (1976) | #184 |
| 1980s | 9,532 | #209 (1980) | #266 |
| 1990s | 7,253 | #314 (1990) | #371 |
| 2000s | 4,886 | #507 (2001) | #588 |
| 2010s | 2,886 | #720 (2010) | #935 |
| 2020s | 1,139 | #1,126 (2020) | #1,235 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sonia in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 2,201 of them was named Sonia, which outranked 98.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 252,541 of them was named Sonia, which outranked 38.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,521Zayd9
- #5,521Zed9
- #5,521Zuriel9
- #5,942Sonia8
- #5,942Abid8
- #5,942Abrahm8
- #5,942Adetokunbo8
- #6,519Aaronmichael7
- #6,519Abayomi7
- #6,519Abed7
Tied with 576 names at #5,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.