Sonam**
#9,701 most common girls' name of all time · #16,132 across all names · 20% male / 80% female · used 1986–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#9,701
Rank overall
#16,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
616
Since 2016
195
Peak year
1992 #3,497
Best rank
#3,497 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Sonam first appears in 1986. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #9,083 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,584 |
| 2023 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #6,782 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #7,115 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #10,596 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,613 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,766 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #6,653 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #7,263 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #6,521 |
| 2015 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,422 |
| 2014 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #6,585 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #7,563 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,021 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #12,595 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #8,955 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,633 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #14,490 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,036 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,101 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,767 |
| 2000 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #8,920 |
| 1999 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,911 |
| 1998 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,866 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,525 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,222 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,959 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,022 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,982 |
| 1992 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,057 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,712 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,120 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,650 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,137 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,790 |