Recorded 1962–1974 Girls' name Peak 1968 55 births

Songa — girls' name

55 babies named Songa in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s381970s17
1960s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Songa was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

11 babies were named Songa in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Songa

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Songa between 1962 and 1974, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Songa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Songa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Songa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Songa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Songa 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 55 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.

Songa at a glance

Last recorded 1974

Total births

55

Since 1962

13 years of records

Peak year

1968

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1974

Active since

1962

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 1974

Songa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1962

Last recorded 1974
Peak year (1968)
11
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
4681012 19741971197019691968196719651962 7

Songa by decade

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

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
38 births that decade — 69% of Songa's all-time total
1960s381970s17

Songa by state

Where Songa concentrates geographically — total births since 1962

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Songa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 9.1%
Georgia share of Songa's total US births 9.1%

5 of 55 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Songa?
55 babies have been named Songa since 1962. It was last recorded in 1974. The peak year was 1968 with 11 births.
When was Songa most popular?
Songa was most popular in the 1960s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
Where is Songa most popular?
The top states for the name Songa are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Songa been used?
Songa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1962, spanning 13 years of data through 1974.
What names are similar to Songa?
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, 1962–1974 (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.