Sonoma — #8555 US girls' name
266 babies named Sonoma in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Sonoma was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Sonoma in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sonoma
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Sonoma between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonoma currently holds the #8555 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonoma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sonoma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sonoma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sonoma 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 266 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.
Sonoma at a glance
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Current rank
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Sonoma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #8555 among girls.
266 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 14 births in a single year.
Sonoma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 96 births that decade — 36% of Sonoma's all-time total
Sonoma decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sonoma's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Sonoma by state
Where Sonoma concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.1% |
11 of 266 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.