Sony*
#9,240 most common boys' name of all time · #23,347 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1968–2021 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#9,240
Rank overall
#23,347 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
326
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1988 #3,293
Best rank
#3,293 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Sony first appears in 1968. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,056 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,777 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,891 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,925 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,292 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,938 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,456 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,285 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,082 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,696 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,961 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,009 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,993 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,468 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,703 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,270 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,067 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,162 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,932 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,607 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,819 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,910 |
| 1988 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,293 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,121 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,030 |
| 1985 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,481 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,294 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,720 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,831 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,379 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,023 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,738 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,465 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,529 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,220 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,501 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |