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.

Sonia

#499 most common girls' name of all time · #920 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1895–2025

Rank among girls
#499
Rank overall
#920 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
67,026
Since 2016
2,127
Peak year
1970 #186
Best rank
#165 1976
Girls Boys peak 1,777/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sonia first appears in 1895. 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 171 171 #1,303
2024 169 169 #1,352
2023 183 183 #1,257
2022 211 211 #1,153
2021 191 191 #1,229
2020 214 214 #1,126
2019 217 217 #1,119
2018 240 240 #1,064
2017 267 267 #981
2016 264 264 #1,000
2015 246 246 #1,070
2014 283 283 #948
2013 298 298 #865
2012 328 328 #817
2011 351 351 #774
2010 392 392 #720
2009 425 425 #688
2008 423 423 #709
2007 460 460 #645
2006 481 481 #608
2005 489 489 #582
2004 516 516 #551
2003 498 498 #555
2002 520 520 #530
2001 542 542 #508
2000 532 532 #507
1999 576 576 #461
1998 635 635 #418
1997 647 647 #405
1996 637 637 #409
1995 711 711 #368
1994 711 711 #364
1993 804 10 814 #326
1992 812 812 #331
1991 852 8 860 #316
1990 868 11 879 #314
1989 859 14 873 #303
1988 784 11 795 #316
1987 826 14 840 #293
1986 858 858 #287
1985 889 10 899 #280
1984 928 8 936 #264
1983 959 15 974 #245
1982 1,048 13 1,061 #241
1981 1,129 17 1,146 #227
1980 1,252 9 1,261 #209
1979 1,276 11 1,287 #207
1978 1,265 11 1,276 #203
1977 1,370 7 1,377 #197
1976 1,554 11 1,565 #165
1975 1,491 9 1,500 #177
1974 1,577 11 1,588 #171
1973 1,600 9 1,609 #174
1972 1,612 9 1,621 #176
1971 1,693 9 1,702 #183
1970 1,767 10 1,777 #186
1969 1,751 9 1,760 #182
1968 1,566 1,566 #199
1967 1,495 5 1,500 #206
1966 1,529 10 1,539 #205
1965 1,254 1,254 #244
1964 1,220 1,220 #254
1963 1,169 6 1,175 #256
1962 1,027 1,027 #281
1961 983 983 #294
1960 951 7 958 #302
1959 917 917 #300
1958 839 839 #321
1957 747 747 #333
1956 625 5 630 #349
1955 591 591 #357
1954 537 537 #377
1953 438 438 #409
1952 442 442 #392
1951 396 396 #420
1950 333 333 #441
1949 313 313 #452
1948 273 273 #489
1947 280 280 #489
1946 223 223 #526
1945 233 233 #470
1944 202 202 #508
1943 262 262 #458
1942 249 249 #469
1941 237 237 #446
1940 299 299 #387
1939 282 282 #400
1938 429 429 #302
1937 346 346 #338
1936 251 251 #405
1935 226 226 #428
1934 236 236 #428
1933 212 212 #442
1932 198 198 #467
1931 164 164 #509
1930 166 166 #528
1929 169 169 #526
1928 184 184 #508
1927 218 218 #474
1926 134 134 #617
1925 108 108 #711
1924 97 97 #760
1923 86 86 #790
1922 79 79 #830
1921 79 79 #834
1920 76 76 #834
1919 96 96 #715
1918 104 104 #710
1917 79 79 #781
1916 66 66 #837
1915 61 61 #838
1914 57 57 #768
1913 45 45 #792
1912 37 37 #830
1911 23 23 #927
1910 20 20 #991
1909 23 23 #865
1908 16 16 #1,039
1907 14 14 #1,085
1906 8 8 #1,521
1905 7 7 #1,656
1904 10 10 #1,239
1903 6 6 #1,741
1902 9 9 #1,304
1901 6 6 #1,627
1900 8 8 #1,539
1899 7 7 #1,375
1898 5 5 #1,887
1897 6 6 #1,520
1896 5 5 #1,762
1895 7 7 #1,424