Sonia — #1355 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 66,577 babies named Sonia between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonia currently holds the #1355 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 1,767 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 15,205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Sonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,838 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonia in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonia 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 66,577 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.