Sonya — #1907 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sonya

The Social Security Administration has registered 65,679 babies named Sonya between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonya currently holds the #1907 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 2,980 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonya performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 22,289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sonya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,340 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sonya in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sonya 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 65,679 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.