Sondra

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1940 · 879 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,074
since 1912

Sondra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sondra has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #199, 1940girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#12,1617
2023—
2022—
2021#11,1468
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#11,6158
2016#12,8767
2015#13,0067
2014#10,12910
2013#16,5475
2012#11,2579
2011—
2010#13,4487
2009#10,67910
2008#7,74216
2007#10,12911
2006#6,12521
2005#6,24519
2004#5,96920
2003#3,94634
2002#5,08623
2001#5,00923
2000#4,29128
1999#3,37437
1998#3,64832
1997#4,23925
1996#2,67246
1995#2,36755
1994#2,20960
1993#2,04567
1992#1,62294
1991#1,505103
1990#1,193143
1989#1,076157
1988#923183
1987#1,016152
1986#851195
1985#898177
1984#810195
1983#858178
1982#715243
1981#692246
1980#747222
1979#698242
1978#641256
1977#719215
1976#672227
1975#585280
1974#533314
1973#522322
1972#509339
1971#505375
1970#439501
1969#409540
1968#412511
1967#400521
1966#389547
1965#381577
1964#389615
1963#394596
1962#373631
1961#431517
1960#439497
1959#447462
1958#481391
1957#496362
1956#477384
1955#458387
1954#410443
1953#401451
1952#368504
1951#409410
1950#366475
1949#344503
1948#332550
1947#309631
1946#293617
1945#298530
1944#284590
1943#254762
1942#219897
1941#227770
1940#199879
1939#201875
1938#222758
1937#265553
1936#292439
1935#302408
1934#288448
1933#338337
1932#375297
1931#548145
1930#1,03151
1929#90962
1928#96759
1927#1,19442
1926#1,93220
1925—
1924#5,0615
1923#3,6418
1922#4,0117
1921—
1920#4,3986
1919#4,2516
1918#3,8697
1917#3,3448
1916#2,83310
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1914#2,8767
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1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Sondra! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sondra is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedNHWashington: #189 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #248 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,363 girlsMNIllinois: #191 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsILWisconsin: #219 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,136 girlsWIMichigan: #154 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsMINew York: #153 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 878 girlsNYMassachusetts: #261 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,136 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedRIOregon: #200 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,315 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 943 girlsSDIowa: #104 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 578 girlsIAIndiana: #79 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 368 girlsINOhio: #103 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 504 girlsOHPennsylvania: #168 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsPANew Jersey: #178 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #193 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsCAUtah: #80 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 317 girlsUTColorado: #175 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 879 girlsCONebraska: #90 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 394 girlsNEMissouri: #120 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 596 girlsMOKentucky: #252 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,622 girlsKYWest Virginia: #231 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedVAMaryland: #184 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedNMKansas: #62 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 273 girlsKSArkansas: #291 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsARTennessee: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #400 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,606 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #162 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 932 girlsDCOklahoma: #230 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,251 girlsOKLouisiana: #343 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,260 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedMSAlabama: #369 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,543 girlsALGeorgia: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,223 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sondra, so not publishedHITexas: #304 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,781 girlsTXFlorida: #212 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#62 · 1 in 273
  2. Indiana#79 · 1 in 368
  3. Utah#80 · 1 in 317
  4. Nebraska#90 · 1 in 394
  5. Ohio#103 · 1 in 504

Best ever in a state: #62 in Kansas, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#62451 in 273
Indiana#79691 in 368
Utah#80151 in 317
Nebraska#90231 in 394
Ohio#1031001 in 504
Iowa#104331 in 578
Missouri#120451 in 596
New York#153971 in 878
Michigan#154391 in 1,064
District of Columbia#16261 in 932
Pennsylvania#168641 in 1,130
South Dakota#17351 in 943
Colorado#175101 in 879
New Jersey#178191 in 1,312
Maryland#184111 in 1,093
Washington#18981 in 1,351
Illinois#191371 in 1,452
California#193431 in 1,061
Oregon#20051 in 1,315
Florida#212131 in 1,062
Wisconsin#219111 in 2,136
Oklahoma#230161 in 1,251
West Virginia#231121 in 1,564
Minnesota#24891 in 2,363
Kentucky#252171 in 1,622
Massachusetts#26191 in 3,136
Arkansas#291101 in 1,820
Texas#304321 in 1,781
Tennessee#313101 in 2,716
Louisiana#343101 in 2,260
Alabama#36981 in 3,543
North Carolina#40081 in 4,606
Georgia#50851 in 6,223
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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.

See more about Sondra
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
  • 1,074 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1931 (#1,031 → #548)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1987 (#851 → #1,016)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1940 at #199 (879 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1931–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,253
  • Highest: 1 in 1,253 girls born in 1939 were named Sondra (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #199 in 1940, was only 1 in 1,301 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Sondra (6,729) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s43#2,833 (1916)#3,359
1920s209#909 (1929)#2,764
1930s4,311#201 (1939)#386
1940s6,729#199 (1940)#276
1950s4,269#366 (1950)#431
1960s5,552#373 (1962)#402
1970s3,071#439 (1970)#582
1980s1,948#692 (1981)#859
1990s662#1,193 (1990)#2,487
2000s205#3,946 (2003)#6,522
2010s53#10,129 (2014)#12,697
2020s22#11,146 (2021)#11,746

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.

Sondra in 1939

girls
#201
875 births · 1 in 1,253 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #201Sondra875
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 1,253 of them was named Sondra, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sondra
  1. #198Claudia901
  2. #199Madeline888
  3. #200Ramona886
  4. #201Sondra875
  5. #202Lynn871
  6. #203Sonja862
  7. #204Nora859
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939 →