Recorded 2002–2017 Girls' name Peak 2011 76 births

Sonakshi — girls' name

76 babies named Sonakshi in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s182010s58
2010s
Peak decade

76% of everyone ever named Sonakshi was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

11 babies were named Sonakshi in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sonakshi

The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Sonakshi between 2002 and 2017, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonakshi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonakshi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sonakshi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sonakshi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonakshi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 76 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Sonakshi at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

76

Since 2002

16 years of records

Peak year

2011

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2002

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2017

Sonakshi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2011)
11
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4681012 20172016201520142013201220112010200920072002 7

Sonakshi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
58 births that decade — 76% of Sonakshi's all-time total
2000s182010s58

Sonakshi by state

Where Sonakshi concentrates geographically — total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sonakshi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 6.6%
California share of Sonakshi's total US births 6.6%

5 of 76 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sonakshi?
76 babies have been named Sonakshi since 2002. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2011 with 11 births.
When was Sonakshi most popular?
Sonakshi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Sonakshi most popular?
The top states for the name Sonakshi are California (5 births).
How long has the name Sonakshi been used?
Sonakshi has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 16 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Sonakshi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sonia, Sonya, Sonja, Sondra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.