Sonny — #335 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sonny

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,184 babies named Sonny between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sonny currently holds the #335 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,034 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonny performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sonny shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,556 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonny in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonny 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 21,184 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.