Sonia
Sonia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 168 births. Its best rank was 165th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1680.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19701,767 births
- Best rank
- #165in 1976
- Since 1895
- 66,577people given the name
The story in the numbers
66,577 girls have been named Sonia in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,767 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 23%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sonia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 107 | |
| 1910s | 588 | |
| 1920s | 1,230 | |
| 1930s | 2,510 | |
| 1940s | 2,571 | |
| 1950s | 5,865 | |
| 1960s | 12,945 | |
| 1970s | 15,205 | |
| 1980s | 9,534 | |
| 1990s | 7,253 | |
| 2000s | 4,886 | |
| 2010s | 2,886 | |
| 2020s | 967 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Sonia was the 186th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Sonia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Demetrapeak 1975
- Carlitapeak 1985
- Carmanpeak 1970
- Danapeak 1971
- Karypeak 1972
- Magdapeak 1966
- Jeanapeak 1970
- Criseldapeak 1974
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.