Sonja

Where Sonja comes from

The dictionaries list Sonja as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,727 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1912
    Sonja Henie born
    Norwegian figure skater and actress
  3. 1938
    Peak, #180
    1,117 babies named Sonja — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #304.
  5. 1978
    Sonja Lang born
    Canadian writer and hyperpolyglot
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Sonja Henie · Norwegian figure skater and actress, 1912–1969
  • Sonja Lang · Canadian writer and hyperpolyglot, born 1978
  • Sonja Ziemann · German actress, 1926–2020
  • Sonja Gerhardt · German film and television actress, born 1989
  • Sonja Sohn · American actress, activist, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.