Girls' name · since 1937
Sonie
56 babies named Sonie in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1937
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sonie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 56 recorded since 1937.
Sonie has 56 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1937 to 1981.
- #33,768 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1937
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sonie ranks #33,768 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1937, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1937
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sonie's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sonie's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sonie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1981
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Sonie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Sonie's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Sonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Sonie's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1937–1981 (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 Sonie 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.