Sonal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sonal

The Social Security Administration has registered 592 babies named Sonal between 1969 and 2012, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sonal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonal in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonal 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 592 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.