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Sonora

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Sonora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
560.00% of girls
Peak year
202362 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1924
1,387people given the name
Babies named Sonora, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,387 girls have been named Sonora in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 62 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Sonora
1920s13
1930s5
1940s12
1950s21
1960s65
1970s51
1980s37
1990s241
2000s248
2010s422
2020s272

In 2023, its biggest year

Sonora was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Sonora

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

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.