Girls' name · since 1979
Sonika
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 148 babies named Sonika, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sonika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 148 have been recorded since 1979.
Sonika has 148 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2019.
- #22,937 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sonika ranks #22,937 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sonika's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sonika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sonika's full recorded timeline at 2005, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sonika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2019
- Peak year (1992)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Sonika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (60 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Sonika's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Sonika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 60 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sonika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1979–2019 (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 Sonika 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.