Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sonali

#5,762 most common girls' name of all time · #9,744 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#5,762
Rank overall
#9,744 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,360
Since 2016
239
Peak year
2000 #2,533
Best rank
#2,533 2000
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
198020002020

Sonali first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 24 — 24 #5,285
2024 19 — 19 #6,246
2023 24 — 24 #5,296
2022 25 — 25 #5,216
2021 32 — 32 #4,353
2020 30 — 30 #4,487
2019 16 — 16 #7,117
2018 23 — 23 #5,507
2017 23 — 23 #5,577
2016 23 — 23 #5,681
2015 17 — 17 #7,061
2014 26 — 26 #5,217
2013 23 — 23 #5,716
2012 36 — 36 #4,150
2011 37 — 37 #4,031
2010 25 — 25 #5,486
2009 27 — 27 #5,283
2008 30 — 30 #4,933
2007 31 — 31 #4,732
2006 38 — 38 #3,945
2005 35 — 35 #4,071
2004 45 — 45 #3,361
2003 50 — 50 #3,019
2002 48 — 48 #3,041
2001 46 — 46 #3,069
2000 60 — 60 #2,533
1999 39 — 39 #3,284
1998 44 — 44 #2,956
1997 45 — 45 #2,761
1996 35 — 35 #3,332
1995 27 — 27 #3,930
1994 25 — 25 #4,191
1993 19 — 19 #5,125
1992 19 — 19 #5,180
1991 20 — 20 #4,929
1990 18 — 18 #5,200
1989 24 — 24 #4,095
1988 22 — 22 #4,124
1987 20 — 20 #4,230
1986 14 — 14 #5,365
1985 19 — 19 #4,253
1984 8 — 8 #7,829
1983 6 — 6 #9,634
1982 13 — 13 #5,442
1981 12 — 12 #5,786
1980 14 — 14 #5,173
1979 16 — 16 #4,573
1978 17 — 17 #4,208
1977 9 — 9 #6,725
1976 14 — 14 #4,576
1975 14 — 14 #4,562
1974 8 — 8 #6,745
1973 8 — 8 #6,551
1972 5 — 5 #9,251
1971 8 — 8 #6,556
1970 5 — 5 #9,297