Sonja — #2921 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sonja

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,476 babies named Sonja between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonja currently holds the #2921 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 1,339 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonja performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10,960 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sonja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,607 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonja in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonja 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 39,476 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.