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.

Sonora

#5,526 most common girls' name of all time · #9,375 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among girls
#5,526
Rank overall
#9,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,444
Since 2016
536
Peak year
2023 #2,770
Best rank
#2,741 1992
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
19401960198020002020

Sonora first appears in 1924. 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 55 — 55 #3,008
2024 57 — 57 #2,900
2023 62 — 62 #2,770
2022 60 — 60 #2,828
2021 47 — 47 #3,348
2020 48 — 48 #3,238
2019 59 — 59 #2,823
2018 52 — 52 #3,124
2017 53 — 53 #3,057
2016 43 — 43 #3,605
2015 37 — 37 #4,008
2014 41 — 41 #3,736
2013 32 — 32 #4,442
2012 28 — 28 #4,993
2011 39 — 39 #3,866
2010 38 — 38 #3,974
2009 26 — 26 #5,406
2008 23 — 23 #5,992
2007 41 — 41 #3,859
2006 26 — 26 #5,265
2005 24 — 24 #5,300
2004 19 — 19 #6,265
2003 25 — 25 #4,967
2002 17 — 17 #6,452
2001 24 — 24 #4,860
2000 23 — 23 #5,014
1999 24 — 24 #4,604
1998 27 — 27 #4,165
1997 28 — 28 #3,919
1996 18 — 18 #5,330
1995 20 — 20 #4,879
1994 25 — 25 #4,144
1993 32 — 32 #3,447
1992 44 — 44 #2,741
1991 17 — 17 #5,447
1990 6 — 6 #11,609
1989 5 — 5 #12,654
1988 5 — 5 #12,103
1986 6 — 6 #9,787
1985 5 — 5 #10,960
1984 6 — 6 #9,341
1982 5 — 5 #10,805
1980 5 — 5 #10,706
1978 9 — 9 #6,520
1977 7 — 7 #7,766
1976 11 — 11 #5,311
1974 9 — 9 #5,892
1972 5 — 5 #8,584
1971 10 — 10 #5,271
1968 7 — 7 #5,848
1967 8 — 8 #5,149
1966 7 — 7 #5,470
1965 10 — 10 #4,338
1964 14 — 14 #3,602
1963 7 — 7 #5,538
1962 6 — 6 #6,151
1961 6 — 6 #6,125
1959 8 — 8 #4,820
1954 7 — 7 #4,912
1953 6 — 6 #5,339
1947 7 — 7 #4,602
1943 5 — 5 #5,146
1937 5 — 5 #4,748
1929 5 — 5 #5,158
1924 8 — 8 #3,999