Girls' name · since 1923
Sona
1,443 babies named Sona in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,724 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,443
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sona currently ranks #3724 among girls' names in America, with 1,443 babies recorded since 1923.
Sona has 1,443 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3724 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #5,844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,724 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,443 born since 1923
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sona ranks #5,844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,724 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,443 born since 1923, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,724 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,443
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sona's 1,443 recorded births place it above 91.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sona compares
1,443 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sona's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,443 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sona splits its recorded history at 1976: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Sona by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (222 births, 15% of the file).
2010s was Sona's strongest decade.
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Sona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 42
1920s
42 births
- 1930s 77
1930s
77 births
- 1940s 71
1940s
71 births
- 1950s 78
1950s
78 births
- 1960s
1960s
153 births
- 1970s
1970s
156 births
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
188 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
199 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 222 births (15% of all-time use).
How Sona compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sona's total volume
Sona by state
Where Sona concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 222 | 15.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
222 of 1,443 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Sona's data
- Sona's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (222 total births) through the 2020s (199) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sonas (222 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~102 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sona draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.