Sonya
#505 most common girls' name of all time · #931 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1905–2025
Rank among girls
#505
Rank overall
#931 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
65,954
Since 2016
1,128
Peak year
1967 #114
Best rank
#114 1967
Girls
Boys
peak 2,987/yr
Sonya first appears in 1905. 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 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,930 |
| 2024 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,915 |
| 2023 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,868 |
| 2022 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,796 |
| 2021 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,973 |
| 2020 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,794 |
| 2019 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,962 |
| 2018 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,686 |
| 2017 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,607 |
| 2016 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,607 |
| 2015 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,412 |
| 2014 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,417 |
| 2013 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,257 |
| 2012 | 195 | — | 195 | #1,244 |
| 2011 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,357 |
| 2010 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,242 |
| 2009 | 221 | — | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2008 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,254 |
| 2007 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,149 |
| 2006 | 255 | — | 255 | #1,009 |
| 2005 | 214 | — | 214 | #1,108 |
| 2004 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,043 |
| 2003 | 238 | — | 238 | #975 |
| 2002 | 248 | — | 248 | #905 |
| 2001 | 210 | — | 210 | #1,026 |
| 2000 | 247 | — | 247 | #891 |
| 1999 | 278 | — | 278 | #790 |
| 1998 | 275 | — | 275 | #783 |
| 1997 | 297 | — | 297 | #721 |
| 1996 | 289 | — | 289 | #727 |
| 1995 | 310 | — | 310 | #689 |
| 1994 | 306 | — | 306 | #687 |
| 1993 | 380 | — | 380 | #605 |
| 1992 | 386 | — | 386 | #591 |
| 1991 | 394 | — | 394 | #585 |
| 1990 | 470 | — | 470 | #512 |
| 1989 | 525 | — | 525 | #462 |
| 1988 | 632 | 5 | 637 | #379 |
| 1987 | 618 | 5 | 623 | #379 |
| 1986 | 735 | — | 735 | #329 |
| 1985 | 797 | — | 797 | #303 |
| 1984 | 855 | — | 855 | #283 |
| 1983 | 917 | 5 | 922 | #261 |
| 1982 | 1,008 | 6 | 1,014 | #249 |
| 1981 | 1,135 | 6 | 1,141 | #226 |
| 1980 | 1,206 | 5 | 1,211 | #215 |
| 1979 | 1,287 | — | 1,287 | #206 |
| 1978 | 1,264 | — | 1,264 | #205 |
| 1977 | 1,382 | 11 | 1,393 | #193 |
| 1976 | 1,520 | 5 | 1,525 | #166 |
| 1975 | 1,760 | 5 | 1,765 | #154 |
| 1974 | 2,111 | 12 | 2,123 | #132 |
| 1973 | 2,169 | 13 | 2,182 | #131 |
| 1972 | 2,506 | 9 | 2,515 | #122 |
| 1971 | 2,729 | 18 | 2,747 | #126 |
| 1970 | 2,740 | 15 | 2,755 | #131 |
| 1969 | 2,800 | 8 | 2,808 | #123 |
| 1968 | 2,817 | 11 | 2,828 | #117 |
| 1967 | 2,980 | 7 | 2,987 | #114 |
| 1966 | 2,866 | 8 | 2,874 | #126 |
| 1965 | 2,351 | 8 | 2,359 | #160 |
| 1964 | 1,999 | 8 | 2,007 | #187 |
| 1963 | 1,920 | 5 | 1,925 | #194 |
| 1962 | 1,741 | 7 | 1,748 | #208 |
| 1961 | 1,541 | — | 1,541 | #218 |
| 1960 | 1,274 | — | 1,274 | #245 |
| 1959 | 778 | — | 778 | #339 |
| 1958 | 461 | — | 461 | #444 |
| 1957 | 396 | — | 396 | #475 |
| 1956 | 394 | — | 394 | #472 |
| 1955 | 340 | — | 340 | #500 |
| 1954 | 311 | — | 311 | #503 |
| 1953 | 311 | — | 311 | #493 |
| 1952 | 278 | — | 278 | #505 |
| 1951 | 189 | — | 189 | #633 |
| 1950 | 206 | — | 206 | #586 |
| 1949 | 163 | — | 163 | #654 |
| 1948 | 195 | — | 195 | #598 |
| 1947 | 164 | — | 164 | #652 |
| 1946 | 164 | — | 164 | #620 |
| 1945 | 165 | — | 165 | #572 |
| 1944 | 150 | — | 150 | #600 |
| 1943 | 170 | — | 170 | #579 |
| 1942 | 212 | — | 212 | #511 |
| 1941 | 179 | — | 179 | #519 |
| 1940 | 197 | — | 197 | #488 |
| 1939 | 211 | — | 211 | #463 |
| 1938 | 245 | — | 245 | #427 |
| 1937 | 229 | — | 229 | #431 |
| 1936 | 195 | — | 195 | #460 |
| 1935 | 190 | — | 190 | #463 |
| 1934 | 183 | — | 183 | #476 |
| 1933 | 140 | — | 140 | #538 |
| 1932 | 118 | — | 118 | #605 |
| 1931 | 72 | — | 72 | #801 |
| 1930 | 72 | — | 72 | #845 |
| 1929 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,002 |
| 1928 | 83 | — | 83 | #790 |
| 1927 | 69 | — | 69 | #903 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,179 |
| 1925 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,404 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,715 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,482 |
| 1922 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,086 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,504 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,613 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,042 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,327 |
| 1917 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,463 |
| 1916 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,726 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,065 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,309 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,651 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,105 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,753 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,348 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,227 |