Sonyia — girls' name
194 babies named Sonyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Sonyia was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sonyia in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sonyia
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Sonyia between 1956 and 1986, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sonyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sonyia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sonyia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sonyia 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 194 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.
Sonyia at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sonyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1956
- Peak year (1963)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
194 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 16 births in a single year.
Sonyia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 99 births that decade — 51% of Sonyia's all-time total
Sonyia decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Sonyia's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–1986 (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.