Sonia Girl
How popular is Sonia?
#1,299 girl name in 2025
171 baby girls were named Sonia in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
Sonia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,299 for girls (▲ 51 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 171 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,068 in 2015, #1,126 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (1,767 girls) |
| Highest rank | #165 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1895 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sonia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sonia family of names ranked #850 for girls in 2025 (#854 the year before), with 271 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sonia | 171 | 63% |
| Sonya | 100 | 37% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sonia is most popular
Babies named Sonia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (161 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Sonia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1900s | 107 | #845 |
| 1910s | 588 | #708 |
| 1920s | 1,230 | #474 |
| 1930s | 2,510 | #302 |
| 1940s | 2,571 | #387 |
| 1950s | 5,865 | #300 |
| 1960s | 12,945 | #182 |
| 1970s | 15,205 | #165 |
| 1980s | 9,532 | #209 |
| 1990s | 7,253 | #314 |
| 2000s | 4,886 | #507 |
| 2010s | 2,886 | #720 |
| 2020s | 1,139 | #1,126 |
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Questions
- Is Sonia a boy or girl name?
- Sonia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sonia were girls.
- How popular is the name Sonia?
- 171 baby girls were named Sonia in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
- When was Sonia most popular?
- Sonia peaked in 1970, when 1,767 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #165 in 1976.
- How many people are named Sonia?
- 67,026 babies have been named Sonia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,750 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 50.
- Where is Sonia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sonia was most common in Washington, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.