Sonji
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 225 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 904since 1951
Sonji over time
Rank among girls' names. Sonji has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,975 | 41 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 |
| 1968 | #1,334 | 69 |
| 1967 | #1,039 | 98 |
| 1966 | #639 | 225 |
| 1965 | #1,070 | 96 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
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| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sonji! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sonji is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#540 · 1 in 4,772
- New Jersey#593 · 1 in 6,199
- Illinois#688 · 1 in 7,707
- Texas#1,363 · 1 in 20,107
Best ever in a state: #295 in Florida, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #540 | 8 | 1 in 4,772 |
| New Jersey | #593 | 8 | 1 in 6,199 |
| Illinois | #688 | 11 | 1 in 7,707 |
| Texas | #1,363 | 5 | 1 in 20,107 |
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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 Sonji
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 431 spots in 1966 (#1,070 → #639)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1967 (#639 → #1,039)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1966 at #639 (225 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1966
- Highest: 1 in 7,521 girls born in 1966 were named Sonji (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 69.6% of all girls named Sonji (629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 29 | #4,226 (1953) | #5,349 |
| 1960s | 629 | #639 (1966) | #2,724 |
| 1970s | 211 | #1,772 (1971) | #4,713 |
| 1980s | 29 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,911 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,509 |
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.
Sonji in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 22,494 of them was named Sonji, which outranked 85.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,290Shantell76
- #1,290Vickey76
- #1,290Winifred76
- #1,303Sonji75
- #1,303Alethea75
- #1,303Alexa75
- #1,303Corrie75
- #1,317Aleta74
- #1,317Avis74
- #1,317Evonne74
Tied with 13 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.