Girls' name · since 1956
Sonyia
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Sonyia, peaking in 1963. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sonyia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 194 recorded since 1956.
Sonyia has 194 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1986.
- #20,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 194 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sonyia ranks #20,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #20,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sonyia's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sonyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sonyia's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sonyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1986
- Peak year (1963)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Sonyia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (99 births, 51% of the file).
1960s was Sonyia's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sonyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
99 births
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 99 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Sonyia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sonyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sonyia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.