Girls' name · since 1895
Sonia
Sonia has 66,747 recorded births since 1895 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,303 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,747
- born since 1895
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sonia currently ranks #1303 among girls' names in America, with 66,747 babies recorded since 1895.
Sonia has 66,747 recorded births among girls since 1895, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1303 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2025.
- #494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,303 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 66,747 born since 1895
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sonia ranks #494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,303 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 66,747 born since 1895, peaking in the 1970s.
- #494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,303 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,747
- born since 1895
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sonia's 66,747 recorded births place it above 99.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sonia compares
66,747 Top 3% higher than 97% of 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
Sonia's all-time total is 178x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sonia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66,747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,767 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sonia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sonia's full recorded timeline at 1960, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1896, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 1,767 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sonia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 1,767
- Annual births at peak, across 131 years of records
Sonia popularity over time - boys
279 total births recorded since 1956 (Sonia as boys' name)
Sonia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15,205 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Sonia's strongest decade.
15,205 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Sonia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 30
1890s
30 births
- 1900s 107
1900s
107 births
- 1910s 588
1910s
588 births
- 1920s 1,230
1920s
1,230 births
- 1930s 2,510
1930s
2,510 births
- 1940s 2,571
1940s
2,571 births
- 1950s 5,865
1950s
5,865 births
- 1960s
1960s
12,945 births
- 1970s
1970s
15,205 births
- 1980s
1980s
9,532 births
- 1990s
1990s
7,253 births
- 2000s 4,886
2000s
4,886 births
- 2010s 2,886
2010s
2,886 births
- 2020s 1,139
2020s
1,139 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15,205 births (23% of all-time use).
How Sonia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sonia's total volume
Sonia by state
Where Sonia concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14,867 | 22.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 8,987 | 13.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8,849 | 13.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,843 | 5.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 2,119 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,112 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 2,055 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,503 | 2.3% |
14,867 of 66,747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Sonia appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sonia's data
- Sonia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (15,205 total births); usage has since declined to 1,139 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sonias (14,867 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Sonia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~130 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, 1895–2025 (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 Sonia 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.