Sonny

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Sonny is ranked 335th among boys in 2024 (1,034 births). Its best rank was 335th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #335up 19 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0340.06% of boys
Peak year: 20241,034 births
Best rank: #335in 2024
Since 1888: 22,158people given the name

Babies named Sonny, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

21,184 boys have been named Sonny in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,034 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 2020s alone account for 18%. It has spent 105 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 974 girls have also been given it, 4.4% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Sonny
1880s	7
1890s	32
1900s	87
1910s	183
1920s	386
1930s	1,084
1940s	1,201
1950s	1,309
1960s	1,413
1970s	2,518
1980s	2,288
1990s	1,838
2000s	2,231
2010s	2,806
2020s	3,801

In 2024, its biggest year

Sonny was the 335th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Sonny

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Sonnie1,589 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.