Sonya
#1,927 for girls in 2025, 100 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 2,980 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 65,772since 1905
Sonya over time
Rank among girls' names. Sonya 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 | #1,927 | 100 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,913 | 104 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,865 | 107 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,793 | 114 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,971 | 99 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,961 | 99 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,685 | 123 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,607 | 135 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 137 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,411 | 164 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,254 | 190 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,243 | 195 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,241 | 194 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,146 | 221 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,250 | 201 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,147 | 223 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,008 | 255 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,105 | 214 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,043 | 222 | — | |
| 2003 | #974 | 238 | — | |
| 2002 | #905 | 248 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,025 | 210 | — | |
| 2000 | #891 | 247 | — | |
| 1999 | #788 | 278 | — | |
| 1998 | #782 | 275 | — | |
| 1997 | #721 | 297 | — | |
| 1996 | #725 | 289 | — | |
| 1995 | #686 | 310 | — | |
| 1994 | #687 | 306 | — | |
| 1993 | #605 | 380 | — | |
| 1992 | #591 | 386 | — | |
| 1991 | #583 | 394 | — | |
| 1990 | #511 | 470 | — | |
| 1989 | #462 | 525 | — | |
| 1988 | #379 | 632 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #379 | 618 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #329 | 735 | — | |
| 1985 | #303 | 797 | — | |
| 1984 | #282 | 855 | — | |
| 1983 | #261 | 917 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #249 | 1,008 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #226 | 1,135 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #215 | 1,206 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #206 | 1,287 | — | |
| 1978 | #204 | 1,264 | — | |
| 1977 | #193 | 1,382 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #166 | 1,520 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #154 | 1,760 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #132 | 2,111 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #131 | 2,169 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #122 | 2,506 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #126 | 2,729 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #131 | 2,740 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #123 | 2,800 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #117 | 2,817 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #114 | 2,980 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #126 | 2,866 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #160 | 2,351 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #187 | 1,999 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #194 | 1,920 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #208 | 1,741 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #217 | 1,541 | — | |
| 1960 | #245 | 1,274 | — | |
| 1959 | #339 | 778 | — | |
| 1958 | #443 | 461 | — | |
| 1957 | #475 | 396 | — | |
| 1956 | #470 | 394 | — | |
| 1955 | #498 | 340 | — | |
| 1954 | #503 | 311 | — | |
| 1953 | #493 | 311 | — | |
| 1952 | #504 | 278 | — | |
| 1951 | #630 | 189 | — | |
| 1950 | #586 | 206 | — | |
| 1949 | #650 | 163 | — | |
| 1948 | #597 | 195 | — | |
| 1947 | #650 | 164 | — | |
| 1946 | #619 | 164 | — | |
| 1945 | #571 | 165 | — | |
| 1944 | #599 | 150 | — | |
| 1943 | #578 | 170 | — | |
| 1942 | #511 | 212 | — | |
| 1941 | #518 | 179 | — | |
| 1940 | #486 | 197 | — | |
| 1939 | #460 | 211 | — | |
| 1938 | #427 | 245 | — | |
| 1937 | #429 | 229 | — | |
| 1936 | #460 | 195 | — | |
| 1935 | #462 | 190 | — | |
| 1934 | #476 | 183 | — | |
| 1933 | #536 | 140 | — | |
| 1932 | #605 | 118 | — | |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 | — | |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #994 | 53 | — | |
| 1928 | #786 | 83 | — | |
| 1927 | #898 | 69 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sonya! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sonya
- 14 spots since 2024 (#1,913 → #1,927)
- 135 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #1,927)
- 516 spots since 2015 (#1,411 → #1,927)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1927 (#1,166 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1929 (#786 → #994)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1967 at #114 (2,980 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1927–2000
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1967 were named Sonya (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Sonya (22,289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,880 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,040 (1913) | #1,561 |
| 1920s | 416 | #786 (1928) | #1,345 |
| 1930s | 1,655 | #427 (1938) | #549 |
| 1940s | 1,759 | #486 (1940) | #578 |
| 1950s | 3,664 | #339 (1959) | #494 |
| 1960s | 22,289 | #114 (1967) | #169 |
| 1970s | 19,468 | #122 (1972) | #157 |
| 1980s | 8,428 | #215 (1980) | #309 |
| 1990s | 3,385 | #511 (1990) | #668 |
| 2000s | 2,279 | #891 (2000) | #1,049 |
| 2010s | 1,568 | #1,241 (2010) | #1,478 |
| 2020s | 634 | #1,792 (2020) | #1,877 |
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.
Sonya in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 828 of them was named Sonya, which outranked 98.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 312,271 of them was named Sonya, which outranked 13.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 873 names at #5,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.