Sonal

SOH-nuhl /ˈsoʊnəl/
girl 2 syllables fading

Sonal is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Sonal is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Sonal was first reported in SSA data in 1969 and peaked in 1982 (33 births).

About the name Sonal

PronunciationSOH-nuhl /ˈsoʊnəl/
CultureHindi
33peak births 1982
1969first in SSA data

Names similar to Sonal

How popular is Sonal?

Girls named Sonal
1969197019801990200020102012
Girls named Sonal per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1969–2012 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2012) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Sonal total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201266#16,592
201166#16,515
201055#19,481
200888#13,658
200799#12,548
200699#12,295
200555#18,818
200477#14,000
200377#13,658
200266#15,153
200177#13,304
20001010#9,789
19991212#8,161
19981010#9,184
199717—#5,836
199611—#8,055
19957—#11,633
19949—#9,498
19937—#11,640
199212—#7,458
199113—#6,934
199020—#4,847
198916—#5,515
198816—#5,280
198717—#4,844
198619—#4,330
198517—#4,617
198416—#4,712
198323—#3,537
198233—#2,821
198116—#4,709
198019—#4,127
197914—#5,063
197820—#3,752
197730—#2,768
197619—#3,656
197528—#2,735
197424—#2,995
197322—#3,104
19728—#6,467
197112—#4,773
197012—#4,729
19698—#5,905