Sonnie
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 53.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 879since 1893
Sonnie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #4,758 | 28 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Sonnie! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,556 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #6,446)
- 1,621 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,446)
- 4,198 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1897 at #942 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,793
- Highest: 1 in 18,793 boys born in 1897 were named Sonnie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 12.3% of all boys named Sonnie (108) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #942 (1897) | #1,017 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,393 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,486 (1922) | #3,449 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,488 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,759 (1946) | #2,405 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,367 (1951) | #3,193 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,780 (1965) | #3,616 |
| 1970s | 48 | #3,370 (1971) | #3,852 |
| 1980s | 39 | #4,527 (1989) | #5,949 |
| 1990s | 47 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,814 |
| 2000s | 83 | #6,088 (2002) | #8,257 |
| 2010s | 88 | #5,478 (2010) | #8,263 |
| 2020s | 87 | #4,610 (2023) | #6,388 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sonnie in 1897
boys
#942
6 births · 1 in 18,793 boys
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Sonnie, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).