Sonnie
Sonnie is given to both girls and boys: 28 girls and 13 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,867 among girls’ names and #6,745 among boys’, #6,490 among all names counting both); 1,630 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,220 Americans named Sonnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 12 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sonnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Sonnie?
#6,745 among boys’ names, 2025
Sonnie rose from #11,882 in 2015 to #6,745 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 7.6 per million.
42 babies in 2023, the peak
Sonnie peaked in 2023, when 42 babies were given it (22 boys, #4,717 among boys’ names). The 41 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 98% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,867 | 13 | #6,745 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,611 | 20 | #5,027 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,130 | 22 | #4,717 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,980 | 14 | #6,424 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,380 | 9 | #8,731 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,183 | 9 | #8,629 |
| 2019 | 12 | #9,042 | 9 | #8,774 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,547 | 12 | #7,065 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,279 | 5 | #13,966 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,351 | 9 | #8,706 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #10,063 | 6 | #11,882 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,371 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,848 | 11 | #7,472 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,786 | 13 | #6,581 |
| 2011 | 10 | #11,093 | 7 | #10,613 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,140 | 16 | #5,690 |
| 2009 | 7 | #15,026 | 11 | #7,613 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 7 | #10,868 | |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,520 | 9 | #8,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,292 | 10 | #7,906 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,172 | 8 | #8,967 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,812 | 8 | #8,798 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,335 | 7 | #9,446 |
| 2002 | 10 | #10,136 | 11 | #6,460 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,597 | 7 | #9,095 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 5 | #11,879 | |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,174 | 8 | #7,766 |
| 1998 | 14 | #7,052 | 5 | #11,065 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,256 | 8 | #7,180 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,643 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,446 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 13 | #7,029 | 8 | #6,888 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,424 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,659 | 8 | #6,607 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,362 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,248 | 10 | #5,314 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,225 | 11 | #4,761 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,569 | 5 | #8,333 |
| 1987 | 16 | #5,044 | 7 | #6,003 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,156 | 5 | #7,674 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,622 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,007 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,860 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,512 | 6 | #6,144 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,947 | 5 | #7,158 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,375 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,312 | 8 | #4,528 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,921 | 10 | #3,628 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,572 | |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,871 | 6 | #4,916 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,772 | 9 | #3,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,859 | 8 | #3,790 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 8 | #3,551 | |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,751 | 6 | #4,080 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,577 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 5 | #4,458 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 9 | #2,958 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,668 | 5 | #4,531 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 8 | #3,286 | |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,470 | 6 | #3,981 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,498 | 5 | #4,579 |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,120 | 5 | #4,532 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 7 | #3,573 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,435 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 7 | #3,518 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,771 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,745 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,666 | 10 | #2,715 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 5 | #4,271 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 5 | #4,195 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,765 | 11 | #2,482 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,000 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 8 | #2,992 | |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,173 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,225 | 10 | #2,651 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,615 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,641 | 12 | #2,117 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,927 | 14 | #1,972 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,632 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,282 | 16 | #1,857 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,525 | 6 | #3,451 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 7 | #3,099 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 6 | #3,444 | |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,922 | 12 | #2,168 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 9 | #2,654 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 13 | #2,051 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 11 | #2,380 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 10 | #2,541 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 7 | #3,244 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 7 | #3,334 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 12 | #2,312 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 12 | #2,433 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 9 | #2,945 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #4,091 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 6 | #4,151 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 5 | #4,750 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 5 | #4,787 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 10 | #3,001 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,614 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 10 | #2,963 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,891 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 11 | #2,642 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 10 | #2,855 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 10 | #2,706 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 10 | #2,710 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 10 | #2,595 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 5 | #3,693 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 6 | #2,768 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 6 | #2,505 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,713 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,808 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #1,044 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,216 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 5 | #1,164 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sonnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,630 Americans recorded as Sonnie, 46% are girls and 54% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sonnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sonnie, and how old are they?
1,220 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,630 Americans ever recorded as Sonnie. The median Sonnie alive today is 31 years old; half are between 12 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 1,108 people named Sonnie (678 women and girls, 430 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,090 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 59 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 142 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 262 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 270 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 328 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
How common is the spelling Sonnie?
Sonnie is a less common spelling of Sonny: SSA has recorded 1,630 Sonnie and 23,356 Sonny since 1880.
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 24,986 babies since 1880, Sonnie is the second most given (6.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 41 of their 1,233 babies (3.3%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
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