Sonya
Sonya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 104 births. Its best rank was 114th, in 1967.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1040.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19672,980 births
- Best rank
- #114in 1967
- Since 1905
- 65,679people given the name
The story in the numbers
65,679 girls have been named Sonya in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1967, with 2,980 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 104 births in 2024, against 2,980 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sonya | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 209 | |
| 1920s | 416 | |
| 1930s | 1,655 | |
| 1940s | 1,759 | |
| 1950s | 3,664 | |
| 1960s | 22,289 | |
| 1970s | 19,472 | |
| 1980s | 8,431 | |
| 1990s | 3,385 | |
| 2000s | 2,279 | |
| 2010s | 1,568 | |
| 2020s | 534 |
In 1967, its biggest year
Sonya was the 114th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1967 were Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle, Mary and Susan. See all of 1967.
Names that rose and fell with Sonya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deanapeak 1970
- Felisapeak 1970
- Kimberelypeak 1970
- Lavettepeak 1967
- Tracypeak 1970
- Angeliapeak 1966
- Tanjapeak 1970
- Dinapeak 1969
Other spellings in the data
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.