Sonya
#1,927 for girls in 2025, 100 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 2,980 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 65,772since 1905
Sonya over time
Rank among girls' names. Sonya 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 | #1,927 | 100 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,913 | 104 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,865 | 107 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,793 | 114 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,971 | 99 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,961 | 99 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,685 | 123 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,607 | 135 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 137 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,411 | 164 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,254 | 190 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,243 | 195 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,241 | 194 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,146 | 221 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,250 | 201 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,147 | 223 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,008 | 255 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,105 | 214 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,043 | 222 | — | |
| 2003 | #974 | 238 | — | |
| 2002 | #905 | 248 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,025 | 210 | — | |
| 2000 | #891 | 247 | — | |
| 1999 | #788 | 278 | — | |
| 1998 | #782 | 275 | — | |
| 1997 | #721 | 297 | — | |
| 1996 | #725 | 289 | — | |
| 1995 | #686 | 310 | — | |
| 1994 | #687 | 306 | — | |
| 1993 | #605 | 380 | — | |
| 1992 | #591 | 386 | — | |
| 1991 | #583 | 394 | — | |
| 1990 | #511 | 470 | — | |
| 1989 | #462 | 525 | — | |
| 1988 | #379 | 632 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #379 | 618 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #329 | 735 | — | |
| 1985 | #303 | 797 | — | |
| 1984 | #282 | 855 | — | |
| 1983 | #261 | 917 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #249 | 1,008 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #226 | 1,135 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #215 | 1,206 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #206 | 1,287 | — | |
| 1978 | #204 | 1,264 | — | |
| 1977 | #193 | 1,382 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #166 | 1,520 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #154 | 1,760 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #132 | 2,111 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #131 | 2,169 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #122 | 2,506 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #126 | 2,729 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #131 | 2,740 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #123 | 2,800 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #117 | 2,817 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #114 | 2,980 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #126 | 2,866 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #160 | 2,351 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #187 | 1,999 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #194 | 1,920 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #208 | 1,741 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #217 | 1,541 | — | |
| 1960 | #245 | 1,274 | — | |
| 1959 | #339 | 778 | — | |
| 1958 | #443 | 461 | — | |
| 1957 | #475 | 396 | — | |
| 1956 | #470 | 394 | — | |
| 1955 | #498 | 340 | — | |
| 1954 | #503 | 311 | — | |
| 1953 | #493 | 311 | — | |
| 1952 | #504 | 278 | — | |
| 1951 | #630 | 189 | — | |
| 1950 | #586 | 206 | — | |
| 1949 | #650 | 163 | — | |
| 1948 | #597 | 195 | — | |
| 1947 | #650 | 164 | — | |
| 1946 | #619 | 164 | — | |
| 1945 | #571 | 165 | — | |
| 1944 | #599 | 150 | — | |
| 1943 | #578 | 170 | — | |
| 1942 | #511 | 212 | — | |
| 1941 | #518 | 179 | — | |
| 1940 | #486 | 197 | — | |
| 1939 | #460 | 211 | — | |
| 1938 | #427 | 245 | — | |
| 1937 | #429 | 229 | — | |
| 1936 | #460 | 195 | — | |
| 1935 | #462 | 190 | — | |
| 1934 | #476 | 183 | — | |
| 1933 | #536 | 140 | — | |
| 1932 | #605 | 118 | — | |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 | — | |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #994 | 53 | — | |
| 1928 | #786 | 83 | — | |
| 1927 | #898 | 69 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sonya! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sonya is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#724 · 1 in 3,609
- Michigan#827 · 1 in 4,674
- Virginia#917 · 1 in 5,305
- Illinois#990 · 1 in 5,763
- Pennsylvania#1,037 · 1 in 6,482
Best ever in a state: #30 in Alabama, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #724 | 5 | 1 in 3,609 |
| Michigan | #827 | 9 | 1 in 4,674 |
| Virginia | #917 | 7 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Illinois | #990 | 10 | 1 in 5,763 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,037 | 8 | 1 in 6,482 |
| Arizona | #1,085 | 5 | 1 in 6,189 |
| Washington | #1,100 | 5 | 1 in 6,429 |
| New York | #1,207 | 12 | 1 in 7,487 |
| North Carolina | #1,215 | 6 | 1 in 7,552 |
| Florida | #1,813 | 6 | 1 in 14,451 |
| California | #2,000 | 11 | 1 in 18,520 |
| Texas | #2,032 | 10 | 1 in 16,729 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| 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 Sonya
- 14 spots since 2024 (#1,913 → #1,927)
- 135 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #1,927)
- 516 spots since 2015 (#1,411 → #1,927)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1927 (#1,166 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1929 (#786 → #994)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1967 at #114 (2,980 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1927–2000
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1967 were named Sonya (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Sonya (22,289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,880 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,040 (1913) | #1,561 |
| 1920s | 416 | #786 (1928) | #1,345 |
| 1930s | 1,655 | #427 (1938) | #549 |
| 1940s | 1,759 | #486 (1940) | #578 |
| 1950s | 3,664 | #339 (1959) | #494 |
| 1960s | 22,289 | #114 (1967) | #169 |
| 1970s | 19,468 | #122 (1972) | #157 |
| 1980s | 8,428 | #215 (1980) | #309 |
| 1990s | 3,385 | #511 (1990) | #668 |
| 2000s | 2,279 | #891 (2000) | #1,049 |
| 2010s | 1,568 | #1,241 (2010) | #1,478 |
| 2020s | 634 | #1,792 (2020) | #1,877 |
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.
Sonya in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 12,934 of them was named Sonya, which outranked 91.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,598Montana138
- #1,598Nya138
- #1,598Samiya138
- #1,605Sonya137
- #1,605Dalila137
- #1,605Isadora137
- #1,605Jersey137
- #1,614Adina136
- #1,614Amal136
- #1,614Essence136
Tied with 8 names at #1,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.