Sonja
#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #3,445
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 1,117 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 39,513since 1906
Sonja over time
Rank among girls' names. Sonja has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,903 | 37 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,558 | 68 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,317 | 76 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 80 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,546 | 69 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,838 | 110 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,834 | 110 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,791 | 114 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,857 | 108 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,847 | 110 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,785 | 121 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,957 | 105 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,651 | 128 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,599 | 127 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,516 | 133 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,676 | 114 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,671 | 110 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,491 | 123 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,271 | 146 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,176 | 159 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,199 | 151 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,238 | 141 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,355 | 121 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,072 | 169 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,078 | 169 | — | |
| 1992 | #975 | 196 | — | |
| 1991 | #933 | 206 | — | |
| 1990 | #827 | 237 | — | |
| 1989 | #726 | 272 | — | |
| 1988 | #658 | 294 | — | |
| 1987 | #630 | 303 | — | |
| 1986 | #604 | 318 | — | |
| 1985 | #620 | 303 | — | |
| 1984 | #655 | 266 | — | |
| 1983 | #572 | 314 | — | |
| 1982 | #526 | 372 | — | |
| 1981 | #501 | 401 | — | |
| 1980 | #507 | 397 | — | |
| 1979 | #460 | 438 | — | |
| 1978 | #420 | 481 | — | |
| 1977 | #401 | 518 | — | |
| 1976 | #361 | 583 | — | |
| 1975 | #353 | 615 | — | |
| 1974 | #309 | 754 | — | |
| 1973 | #278 | 884 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #233 | 1,191 | — | |
| 1971 | #247 | 1,188 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #238 | 1,310 | — | |
| 1969 | #229 | 1,314 | — | |
| 1968 | #222 | 1,339 | — | |
| 1967 | #220 | 1,335 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #226 | 1,321 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #255 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1964 | #278 | 1,051 | — | |
| 1963 | #294 | 995 | — | |
| 1962 | #321 | 857 | — | |
| 1961 | #320 | 867 | — | |
| 1960 | #347 | 758 | — | |
| 1959 | #365 | 678 | — | |
| 1958 | #405 | 524 | — | |
| 1957 | #398 | 531 | — | |
| 1956 | #418 | 471 | — | |
| 1955 | #419 | 445 | — | |
| 1954 | #422 | 426 | — | |
| 1953 | #428 | 413 | — | |
| 1952 | #433 | 389 | — | |
| 1951 | #418 | 397 | — | |
| 1950 | #436 | 345 | — | |
| 1949 | #391 | 412 | — | |
| 1948 | #386 | 424 | — | |
| 1947 | #362 | 496 | — | |
| 1946 | #336 | 484 | — | |
| 1945 | #316 | 455 | — | |
| 1944 | #341 | 405 | — | |
| 1943 | #304 | 525 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #278 | 600 | — | |
| 1941 | #267 | 567 | — | |
| 1940 | #238 | 713 | — | |
| 1939 | #203 | 862 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #180 | 1,117 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #262 | 560 | — | |
| 1936 | #477 | 180 | — | |
| 1935 | #701 | 92 | — | |
| 1934 | #717 | 86 | — | |
| 1933 | #923 | 54 | — | |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 | — | |
| 1931 | #970 | 51 | — | |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,223 | 37 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sonja! It came in at #1,727, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1912, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sonja is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#117 · 1 in 493
- Delaware#132 · 1 in 535
- Washington#134 · 1 in 563
- Florida#135 · 1 in 580
- South Carolina#137 · 1 in 607
Best ever in a state: #74 in Wyoming, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #117 | 56 | 1 in 493 |
| Delaware | #132 | 7 | 1 in 535 |
| Washington | #134 | 38 | 1 in 563 |
| Florida | #135 | 74 | 1 in 580 |
| South Carolina | #137 | 35 | 1 in 607 |
| Georgia | #140 | 60 | 1 in 645 |
| Arkansas | #150 | 22 | 1 in 634 |
| District of Columbia | #153 | 17 | 1 in 648 |
| Nevada | #155 | 5 | 1 in 583 |
| North Carolina | #160 | 51 | 1 in 778 |
| Oregon | #165 | 18 | 1 in 737 |
| Tennessee | #168 | 35 | 1 in 867 |
| West Virginia | #177 | 14 | 1 in 901 |
| Virginia | #179 | 36 | 1 in 952 |
| Minnesota | #181 | 28 | 1 in 1,049 |
| Kansas | #182 | 18 | 1 in 795 |
| Nebraska | #202 | 10 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Louisiana | #207 | 32 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Mississippi | #209 | 20 | 1 in 975 |
| Kentucky | #210 | 21 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Oklahoma | #217 | 15 | 1 in 1,042 |
| California | #227 | 134 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Iowa | #227 | 16 | 1 in 1,317 |
| Texas | #227 | 80 | 1 in 1,149 |
| Wisconsin | #230 | 21 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Indiana | #231 | 30 | 1 in 1,402 |
| Illinois | #233 | 64 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Arizona | #236 | 12 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Ohio | #242 | 57 | 1 in 1,494 |
| Michigan | #247 | 48 | 1 in 1,532 |
| Connecticut | #248 | 14 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Pennsylvania | #249 | 56 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Maryland | #250 | 18 | 1 in 1,519 |
| Utah | #265 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Missouri | #281 | 19 | 1 in 1,820 |
| New Jersey | #291 | 25 | 1 in 2,064 |
| Colorado | #307 | 9 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Massachusetts | #310 | 17 | 1 in 2,649 |
| New York | #371 | 52 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Sonja
- 973 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #3,903)
- 1,586 spots since 2020 (#2,317 → #3,903)
- 1,709 spots since 2015 (#2,194 → #3,903)
- Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1930 (#1,223 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1931 (#847 → #970)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1938 at #180 (1,117 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1930–1992
- Highest: 1 in 988 girls born in 1938 were named Sonja (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.7% of all girls named Sonja (10,962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,727 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,896 (1914) | #2,330 |
| 1920s | 231 | #1,223 (1929) | #1,858 |
| 1930s | 3,143 | #180 (1938) | #610 |
| 1940s | 5,081 | #238 (1940) | #322 |
| 1950s | 4,619 | #365 (1959) | #414 |
| 1960s | 10,962 | #220 (1967) | #271 |
| 1970s | 7,962 | #233 (1972) | #330 |
| 1980s | 3,240 | #501 (1981) | #600 |
| 1990s | 1,695 | #827 (1990) | #1,112 |
| 2000s | 1,187 | #1,491 (2000) | #1,685 |
| 2010s | 956 | #1,791 (2012) | #2,066 |
| 2020s | 342 | #2,317 (2020) | #3,025 |
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.
Sonja in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,281 of them was named Sonja, which outranked 97.0% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 297,244 of them was named Sonja, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,249Williard7
- #3,249Yosef7
- #3,249Zollie7
- #3,537Sonja6
- #3,537Adriel6
- #3,537Adrienne6
- #3,537Adron6
- #3,948Aarron5
- #3,948Abdel5
- #3,948Abelino5
Tied with 410 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.