Sonya
Rank in 2025
#1927
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
100
girls 100
Peak year
1967
2,980 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
65,954
since 1905
Born a Sonya? 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
Sonya was most popular in 1967, when 2,980 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 100 babies were named Sonya, ranking #1927 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 1927 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 104 | 1913 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 107 | 1865 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 114 | 1793 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 99 | 1971 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 110 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 99 | 1961 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 123 | 1685 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 135 | 1607 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 137 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 164 | 1411 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 161 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 190 | 1254 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 195 | 1243 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 170 | 1354 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 194 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 221 | 1146 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 223 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 255 | 1008 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 214 | 1105 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 222 | 1043 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 238 | 974 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 248 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 210 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 247 | 891 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 278 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 275 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 297 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 289 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 310 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 306 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 380 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 386 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 394 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 470 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 525 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 632 | 379 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 618 | 379 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 735 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 797 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 855 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 917 | 261 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 1,008 | 249 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 1,135 | 226 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 1,206 | 215 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 1,287 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 1,264 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 1,382 | 193 | 11 | 3386 |
| 1976 | 1,520 | 166 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 1,760 | 154 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 2,111 | 132 | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | 2,169 | 131 | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | 2,506 | 122 | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | 2,729 | 126 | 18 | 2203 |
| 1970 | 2,740 | 131 | 15 | 2399 |
| 1969 | 2,800 | 123 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 2,817 | 117 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 2,980 | 114 | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | 2,866 | 126 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 2,351 | 160 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 1,999 | 187 | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | 1,920 | 194 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 1,741 | 208 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 1,541 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,274 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 778 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 461 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 396 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 394 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 340 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 311 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 311 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 278 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 189 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 206 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 163 | 650 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 195 | 597 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 164 | 650 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 164 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 165 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 150 | 599 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 170 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 212 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 179 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 197 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 211 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 245 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 229 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 195 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 190 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 183 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 140 | 536 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 118 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 72 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 72 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 53 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 83 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 69 | 898 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 43 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 34 | 1376 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 26 | 1679 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 31 | 1464 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 19 | 2027 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 31 | 1476 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 27 | 1584 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 18 | 1989 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 34 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 27 | 1431 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 37 | 1167 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 27 | 1040 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | 2144 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 10 | 1545 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | 1935 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | 1607 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years