Sonja
Rank in 2025
#3903
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
37
girls 37
Peak year
1938
1,117 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
39,557
since 1906
Born a Sonja? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sonja was most popular in 1938, when 1,117 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 37 babies were named Sonja, ranking #3903 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 3903 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 56 | 2930 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 65 | 2674 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 40 | 3765 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 68 | 2558 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 76 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 80 | 2272 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 77 | 2361 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 69 | 2546 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 92 | 2117 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 86 | 2194 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 110 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 110 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 114 | 1791 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 108 | 1857 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 110 | 1847 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 121 | 1785 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 120 | 1808 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 105 | 1957 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 128 | 1651 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 127 | 1599 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 133 | 1516 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 114 | 1676 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 110 | 1671 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 106 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 123 | 1491 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 146 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 159 | 1176 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 151 | 1199 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 141 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 121 | 1355 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 169 | 1072 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 169 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 196 | 975 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 206 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 237 | 827 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 272 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 294 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 303 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 318 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 303 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 266 | 655 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 314 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 372 | 526 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 401 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 397 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 438 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 481 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 518 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 583 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 615 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 754 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 884 | 278 | 9 | 3445 |
| 1972 | 1,191 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,188 | 247 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 1,310 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,314 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,339 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,335 | 220 | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | 1,321 | 226 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1965 | 1,125 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,051 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 995 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 857 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 867 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 758 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 678 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 524 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 531 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 471 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 445 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 426 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 413 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 389 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 397 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 345 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 412 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 424 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 496 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 484 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 455 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 405 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 525 | 304 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 600 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 567 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 713 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 862 | 203 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 1,117 | 180 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 560 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 180 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 92 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 86 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 54 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 70 | 816 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 51 | 970 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 71 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 37 | 1223 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 29 | 1469 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 25 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 18 | 2119 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 20 | 1992 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 23 | 1782 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 21 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 22 | 1867 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 11 | 2899 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 9 | 3219 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 17 | 2102 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 16 | 2100 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | 2133 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 11 | 2526 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 13 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | 2331 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | 1727 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years