Girls' name · since 1946
Soni
Soni has 326 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 326
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Soni is the #15164 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 326 recorded since 1946.
Soni has 326 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15164 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #15,234 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,164 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 326 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soni ranks #15,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,164 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 326 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #15,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 326
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Soni's 326 recorded births place it above 78.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Soni compares
326 47th percentile among 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
Soni's all-time total is 13% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Soni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 326 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Soni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Soni splits its recorded history at 1974: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Soni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1965)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Soni popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Soni as boys' name)
Soni by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (97 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Soni's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Soni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
97 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 97 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Soni's data
- Soni's decade-level peak was the 1960s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Soni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Soni 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.