Sonny
#766 most common boys' name of all time · #1,716 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among boys
#766
Rank overall
#1,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
23,356
Since 2016
6,765
Peak year
2025 #298
Best rank
#298 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,192/yr
Sonny first appears in 1888. 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 | 55 | 1,137 | 1,192 | #298 |
| 2024 | 62 | 1,037 | 1,099 | #336 |
| 2023 | 66 | 929 | 995 | #354 |
| 2022 | 49 | 725 | 774 | #428 |
| 2021 | 53 | 589 | 642 | #498 |
| 2020 | 48 | 527 | 575 | #534 |
| 2019 | 37 | 417 | 454 | #645 |
| 2018 | 33 | 382 | 415 | #661 |
| 2017 | 30 | 303 | 333 | #773 |
| 2016 | 18 | 268 | 286 | #842 |
| 2015 | 26 | 275 | 301 | #824 |
| 2014 | 16 | 243 | 259 | #888 |
| 2013 | 13 | 252 | 265 | #847 |
| 2012 | 19 | 222 | 241 | #925 |
| 2011 | 22 | 232 | 254 | #890 |
| 2010 | 18 | 212 | 230 | #946 |
| 2009 | 12 | 248 | 260 | #860 |
| 2008 | 11 | 247 | 258 | #862 |
| 2007 | 9 | 240 | 249 | #865 |
| 2006 | 12 | 225 | 237 | #879 |
| 2005 | 9 | 241 | 250 | #799 |
| 2004 | 10 | 212 | 222 | #841 |
| 2003 | 10 | 231 | 241 | #764 |
| 2002 | 11 | 209 | 220 | #811 |
| 2001 | 9 | 196 | 205 | #829 |
| 2000 | 11 | 183 | 194 | #865 |
| 1999 | 12 | 165 | 177 | #909 |
| 1998 | 15 | 166 | 181 | #874 |
| 1997 | 17 | 156 | 173 | #888 |
| 1996 | 11 | 153 | 164 | #885 |
| 1995 | 8 | 185 | 193 | #789 |
| 1994 | 11 | 156 | 167 | #859 |
| 1993 | 15 | 190 | 205 | #757 |
| 1992 | 10 | 189 | 199 | #754 |
| 1991 | 11 | 237 | 248 | #659 |
| 1990 | 13 | 241 | 254 | #651 |
| 1989 | 12 | 288 | 300 | #573 |
| 1988 | 21 | 274 | 295 | #557 |
| 1987 | 13 | 226 | 239 | #605 |
| 1986 | 7 | 273 | 280 | #540 |
| 1985 | 9 | 199 | 208 | #621 |
| 1984 | 7 | 197 | 204 | #607 |
| 1983 | 10 | 167 | 177 | #663 |
| 1982 | 7 | 209 | 216 | #595 |
| 1981 | 21 | 234 | 255 | #559 |
| 1980 | 14 | 221 | 235 | #578 |
| 1979 | 10 | 221 | 231 | #574 |
| 1978 | 7 | 261 | 268 | #501 |
| 1977 | 5 | 210 | 215 | #576 |
| 1976 | 12 | 274 | 286 | #480 |
| 1975 | 9 | 336 | 345 | #428 |
| 1974 | — | 280 | 280 | #476 |
| 1973 | 8 | 274 | 282 | #476 |
| 1972 | 6 | 263 | 269 | #486 |
| 1971 | 12 | 206 | 218 | #567 |
| 1970 | — | 192 | 192 | #582 |
| 1969 | — | 176 | 176 | #586 |
| 1968 | 7 | 169 | 176 | #586 |
| 1967 | — | 153 | 153 | #606 |
| 1966 | — | 120 | 120 | #679 |
| 1965 | — | 123 | 123 | #669 |
| 1964 | — | 134 | 134 | #667 |
| 1963 | — | 129 | 129 | #683 |
| 1962 | 5 | 125 | 130 | #691 |
| 1961 | — | 139 | 139 | #666 |
| 1960 | 5 | 145 | 150 | #647 |
| 1959 | — | 116 | 116 | #713 |
| 1958 | — | 168 | 168 | #599 |
| 1957 | 7 | 150 | 157 | #625 |
| 1956 | — | 139 | 139 | #643 |
| 1955 | 5 | 125 | 130 | #658 |
| 1954 | 7 | 128 | 135 | #648 |
| 1953 | — | 129 | 129 | #630 |
| 1952 | 5 | 122 | 127 | #636 |
| 1951 | — | 112 | 112 | #663 |
| 1950 | — | 120 | 120 | #631 |
| 1949 | — | 119 | 119 | #626 |
| 1948 | — | 124 | 124 | #612 |
| 1947 | — | 141 | 141 | #571 |
| 1946 | — | 129 | 129 | #566 |
| 1945 | — | 99 | 99 | #609 |
| 1944 | — | 136 | 136 | #523 |
| 1943 | — | 127 | 127 | #563 |
| 1942 | 6 | 117 | 123 | #574 |
| 1941 | — | 98 | 98 | #607 |
| 1940 | — | 111 | 111 | #564 |
| 1939 | — | 97 | 97 | #585 |
| 1938 | — | 116 | 116 | #542 |
| 1937 | — | 124 | 124 | #519 |
| 1936 | — | 119 | 119 | #521 |
| 1935 | — | 147 | 147 | #469 |
| 1934 | — | 133 | 133 | #500 |
| 1933 | — | 105 | 105 | #560 |
| 1932 | — | 84 | 84 | #666 |
| 1931 | — | 67 | 67 | #764 |
| 1930 | — | 92 | 92 | #642 |
| 1929 | — | 76 | 76 | #719 |
| 1928 | — | 59 | 59 | #869 |
| 1927 | — | 52 | 52 | #975 |
| 1926 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1925 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,214 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,433 |
| 1923 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,404 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1921 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,435 |
| 1920 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,438 |
| 1919 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,370 |
| 1918 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,729 |
| 1917 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,555 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,257 |
| 1915 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,735 |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,467 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,149 |
| 1912 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,123 |
| 1911 | — | 14 | 14 | #920 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,170 |
| 1909 | — | 11 | 11 | #937 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,089 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #921 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,089 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #984 |
| 1904 | — | 13 | 13 | #679 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,103 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,113 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,173 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #740 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,244 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,192 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,076 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,139 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,216 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #916 |