Sonora — #2926 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sonora

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,387 babies named Sonora between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonora currently holds the #2926 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonora performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sonora shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 181 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonora in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonora 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 1,387 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.