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.

Sonja

#696 most common girls' name of all time · #1,273 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1906–2025

Rank among girls
#696
Rank overall
#1,273 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
39,557
Since 2016
660
Peak year
1967 #220
Best rank
#180 1938
Girls Boys peak 1,343/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sonja first appears in 1906. 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 37 — 37 #3,909
2024 56 — 56 #2,933
2023 65 — 65 #2,680
2022 40 — 40 #3,774
2021 68 — 68 #2,563
2020 76 — 76 #2,322
2019 80 — 80 #2,275
2018 77 — 77 #2,366
2017 69 — 69 #2,548
2016 92 — 92 #2,118
2015 86 — 86 #2,197
2014 110 — 110 #1,840
2013 110 — 110 #1,838
2012 114 — 114 #1,791
2011 108 — 108 #1,860
2010 110 — 110 #1,851
2009 121 — 121 #1,787
2008 120 — 120 #1,809
2007 105 — 105 #1,960
2006 128 — 128 #1,652
2005 127 — 127 #1,601
2004 133 — 133 #1,516
2003 114 — 114 #1,678
2002 110 — 110 #1,675
2001 106 — 106 #1,703
2000 123 — 123 #1,494
1999 146 — 146 #1,271
1998 159 — 159 #1,177
1997 151 — 151 #1,199
1996 141 — 141 #1,240
1995 121 — 121 #1,355
1994 169 — 169 #1,072
1993 169 — 169 #1,078
1992 196 — 196 #977
1991 206 — 206 #933
1990 237 — 237 #829
1989 272 — 272 #727
1988 294 — 294 #658
1987 303 — 303 #630
1986 318 — 318 #604
1985 303 — 303 #621
1984 266 — 266 #657
1983 314 — 314 #573
1982 372 — 372 #526
1981 401 — 401 #501
1980 397 — 397 #507
1979 438 — 438 #461
1978 481 — 481 #422
1977 518 — 518 #401
1976 583 — 583 #361
1975 615 — 615 #354
1974 754 — 754 #309
1973 884 9 893 #278
1972 1,191 — 1,191 #233
1971 1,188 6 1,194 #247
1970 1,310 — 1,310 #238
1969 1,314 — 1,314 #229
1968 1,339 — 1,339 #222
1967 1,335 8 1,343 #220
1966 1,321 6 1,327 #226
1965 1,125 — 1,125 #255
1964 1,051 — 1,051 #278
1963 995 — 995 #294
1962 857 — 857 #321
1961 867 — 867 #320
1960 758 — 758 #347
1959 678 — 678 #365
1958 524 — 524 #406
1957 531 — 531 #398
1956 471 — 471 #418
1955 445 — 445 #419
1954 426 — 426 #422
1953 413 — 413 #429
1952 389 — 389 #433
1951 397 — 397 #419
1950 345 — 345 #436
1949 412 — 412 #391
1948 424 — 424 #386
1947 496 — 496 #362
1946 484 — 484 #337
1945 455 — 455 #317
1944 405 — 405 #341
1943 525 5 530 #304
1942 600 — 600 #278
1941 567 — 567 #268
1940 713 — 713 #238
1939 862 5 867 #203
1938 1,117 5 1,122 #180
1937 560 — 560 #263
1936 180 — 180 #478
1935 92 — 92 #704
1934 86 — 86 #722
1933 54 — 54 #933
1932 70 — 70 #824
1931 51 — 51 #980
1930 71 — 71 #853
1929 37 — 37 #1,238
1928 29 — 29 #1,497
1927 25 — 25 #1,710
1926 25 — 25 #1,708
1925 18 — 18 #2,176
1924 20 — 20 #2,045
1923 23 — 23 #1,816
1922 21 — 21 #1,937
1921 22 — 22 #1,911
1920 11 — 11 #3,011
1919 9 — 9 #3,322
1918 17 — 17 #2,192
1917 16 — 16 #2,174
1916 15 — 15 #2,224
1915 11 — 11 #2,633
1914 13 — 13 #1,984
1913 8 — 8 #2,463
1906 6 — 6 #1,949