Sondra — #12184 US girls' name
27,067 babies named Sondra in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Sondra was born in this single decade.
897 babies were named Sondra in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sondra
The Social Security Administration has registered 27,067 babies named Sondra between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sondra currently holds the #12184 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 897 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sondra performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 6,729 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sondra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,598 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sondra in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sondra 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 27,067 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.
Sondra at a glance
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Current rank
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Sondra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1942)
- 897
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12184 among girls.
27,067 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 897 births in a single year.
Sondra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 6,729 births that decade — 25% of Sondra's all-time total
Sondra decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,729 births
- Runner-up 5,552 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sondra's strongest decade
6,729 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Sondra by state
Where Sondra concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,598 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 2,003 | 7.4% |
| #3 | California | | 1,894 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,742 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,600 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 1,379 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,145 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 1,054 | 3.9% |
2,598 of 27,067 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.4% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sondra appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1912–2024 (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.