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 | — | — | ||
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| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
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| 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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#493 · 1 in 3,552
- Colorado#675 · 1 in 4,195
- Washington#721 · 1 in 4,757
- Virginia#840 · 1 in 6,829
- New York#943 · 1 in 7,452
Best ever in a state: #74 in Wyoming, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #493 | 7 | 1 in 3,552 |
| Colorado | #675 | 5 | 1 in 4,195 |
| Washington | #721 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Virginia | #840 | 5 | 1 in 6,829 |
| New York | #943 | 14 | 1 in 7,452 |
| Florida | #984 | 9 | 1 in 8,081 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,011 | 6 | 1 in 10,091 |
| Michigan | #1,067 | 5 | 1 in 10,410 |
| Illinois | #1,448 | 5 | 1 in 14,290 |
| California | #1,635 | 13 | 1 in 17,676 |
| Texas | #1,669 | 8 | 1 in 17,444 |
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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 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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 12,433 of them was named Sonja, which outranked 92.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,232Makaila142
- #1,232Salina142
- #1,232Shaniah142
- #1,238Sonja141
- #1,238Camilla141
- #1,238Corrine141
- #1,238Elle141
- #1,246Ada140
- #1,246Breona140
- #1,246Emmalee140
Tied with 7 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.