Sonnet
#12,877 most common girls' name of all time · #21,293 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#12,877
Rank overall
#21,293 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
385
Since 2016
125
Peak year
2024 #6,030
Best rank
#4,361 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Sonnet first appears in 1972. 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 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,642 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #6,030 |
| 2023 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,765 |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,747 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,512 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,460 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,287 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,760 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,950 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,297 |
| 2015 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,094 |
| 2014 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,091 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,649 |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,692 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,572 |
| 2009 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,863 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,896 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,617 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,129 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,811 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,007 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,094 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,213 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,204 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,098 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,514 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,632 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,300 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,741 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,229 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,149 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,175 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,773 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,173 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,052 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,836 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,595 |