Sona
- #3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,443since 1923
Sona over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sona has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 |
| 2023 | #4,276 | 33 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five girls were named Sona! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sona is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#1,742 · 1 in 13,477
Best ever in a state: #1,567 in California, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 327 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #3,712)
- 1,168 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #3,712)
- 1,941 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,712)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1936 at #2,263 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,182
- Highest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 were named Sona (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,263 in 1936, was only 1 in 80,030 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 15.4% of all girls named Sona (222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 42 | #2,737 (1929) | #4,050 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,263 (1936) | #3,156 |
| 1940s | 71 | #3,030 (1941) | #3,628 |
| 1950s | 78 | #3,019 (1954) | #4,056 |
| 1960s | 153 | #2,744 (1965) | #3,435 |
| 1970s | 156 | #2,779 (1970) | #4,176 |
| 1980s | 152 | #3,859 (1981) | #4,969 |
| 1990s | 105 | #6,622 (1993) | #7,508 |
| 2000s | 188 | #4,767 (2002) | #6,727 |
| 2010s | 222 | #4,546 (2019) | #6,004 |
| 2020s | 199 | #3,712 (2025) | #4,269 |
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.
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