Sonia is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Sonia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,307 for girl births in the United States (and #2,459 across all names), given to 171 babies. Sonia was first reported in SSA data in 1895 and peaked in 1970 (1,767 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | 171 | #1,307 | — |
| 2024 | 169 | 169 | #1,356 | — |
| 2023 | 183 | 183 | #1,262 | — |
| 2022 | 211 | 211 | #1,156 | — |
| 2021 | 191 | 191 | #1,234 | — |
| 2020 | 214 | 214 | #1,127 | — |
| 2019 | 217 | 217 | #1,121 | — |
| 2018 | 240 | 240 | #1,064 | — |
| 2017 | 267 | 267 | #980 | — |
| 2016 | 264 | 264 | #1,003 | — |
| 2015 | 246 | 246 | #1,073 | — |
| 2014 | 283 | 283 | #950 | — |
| 2013 | 298 | 298 | #865 | — |
| 2012 | 328 | 328 | #822 | — |
| 2011 | 351 | 351 | #776 | — |
| 2010 | 392 | 392 | #721 | — |
| 2009 | 425 | 425 | #689 | — |
| 2008 | 423 | 428 | #709 | — |
| 2007 | 460 | 460 | #646 | — |
| 2006 | 481 | 481 | #609 | — |
| 2005 | 489 | 489 | #582 | — |
| 2004 | 516 | 516 | #552 | — |
| 2003 | 498 | 505 | #555 | — |
| 2002 | 520 | 520 | #530 | — |
| 2001 | 542 | 551 | #508 | — |
| 2000 | 532 | 541 | #507 | — |
| 1999 | 576 | 587 | #461 | — |
| 1998 | 635 | 652 | #418 | — |
| 1997 | 647 | — | #405 | — |
| 1996 | 637 | — | #409 | — |
| 1995 | 711 | — | #368 | — |
| 1994 | 711 | — | #364 | — |
| 1993 | 814 | — | #326 | #5,717 |
| 1992 | 812 | — | #331 | — |
| 1991 | 860 | — | #315 | #6,435 |
| 1990 | 879 | — | #314 | #4,945 |
| 1989 | 873 | — | #304 | #3,996 |
| 1988 | 795 | — | #316 | #4,415 |
| 1987 | 840 | — | #293 | #3,484 |
| 1986 | 858 | — | #287 | — |
| 1985 | 899 | — | #280 | #4,297 |
| 1984 | 936 | — | #264 | #4,903 |
| 1983 | 974 | — | #245 | #3,052 |
| 1982 | 1,061 | — | #241 | #3,460 |
| 1981 | 1,146 | — | #227 | #2,767 |
| 1980 | 1,261 | — | #209 | #4,454 |
| 1979 | 1,287 | — | #207 | #3,780 |
| 1978 | 1,276 | — | #203 | #3,578 |
| 1977 | 1,377 | — | #197 | #5,049 |
| 1976 | 1,565 | — | #165 | #3,452 |
| 1975 | 1,500 | — | #177 | #3,909 |
| 1974 | 1,588 | — | #172 | #3,296 |
| 1973 | 1,609 | — | #174 | #3,658 |
| 1972 | 1,621 | — | #176 | #3,574 |
| 1971 | 1,702 | — | #183 | #3,618 |
| 1970 | 1,777 | — | #186 | #3,250 |
| 1969 | 1,760 | — | #182 | #3,283 |
| 1968 | 1,566 | — | #199 | — |
| 1967 | 1,500 | — | #206 | #4,460 |
| 1966 | 1,539 | — | #206 | #2,757 |
| 1965 | 1,254 | — | #244 | — |
| 1964 | 1,220 | — | #254 | — |
| 1963 | 1,175 | — | #256 | #3,991 |
| 1962 | 1,027 | — | #281 | — |
| 1961 | 983 | — | #294 | — |
| 1960 | 958 | — | #303 | #3,619 |
| 1959 | 917 | — | #300 | — |
| 1958 | 839 | — | #321 | — |
| 1957 | 747 | — | #333 | — |
| 1956 | 630 | — | #349 | #4,397 |
| 1955 | 591 | — | #358 | — |
| 1954 | 537 | — | #377 | — |
| 1953 | 438 | — | #410 | — |
| 1952 | 442 | — | #392 | — |
| 1951 | 396 | — | #420 | — |
| 1950 | 333 | — | #442 | — |
| 1949 | 313 | — | #452 | — |
| 1948 | 273 | — | #491 | — |
| 1947 | 280 | — | #489 | — |
| 1946 | 223 | — | #526 | — |
| 1945 | 233 | — | #471 | — |
| 1944 | 202 | — | #509 | — |
| 1943 | 262 | — | #458 | — |
| 1942 | 249 | — | #468 | — |
| 1941 | 237 | — | #446 | — |
| 1940 | 299 | — | #388 | — |
| 1939 | 282 | — | #399 | — |
| 1938 | 429 | — | #302 | — |
| 1937 | 346 | — | #338 | — |
| 1936 | 251 | — | #405 | — |
| 1935 | 226 | — | #428 | — |
| 1934 | 236 | — | #428 | — |
| 1933 | 212 | — | #442 | — |
| 1932 | 198 | — | #466 | — |
| 1931 | 164 | — | #509 | — |
| 1930 | 166 | — | #527 | — |
| 1929 | 169 | — | #526 | — |
| 1928 | 184 | — | #509 | — |
| 1927 | 218 | — | #474 | — |
| 1926 | 134 | — | #617 | — |
| 1925 | 108 | — | #711 | — |
| 1924 | 97 | — | #760 | — |
| 1923 | 86 | — | #790 | — |
| 1922 | 79 | — | #830 | — |
| 1921 | 79 | — | #836 | — |
| 1920 | 76 | — | #833 | — |
| 1919 | 96 | — | #716 | — |
| 1918 | 104 | — | #710 | — |
| 1917 | 79 | — | #783 | — |
| 1916 | 66 | — | #837 | — |
| 1915 | 61 | — | #838 | — |
| 1914 | 57 | — | #768 | — |
| 1913 | 45 | — | #793 | — |
| 1912 | 37 | — | #830 | — |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #925 | — |
| 1910 | 20 | — | #993 | — |
| 1909 | 23 | — | #866 | — |
| 1908 | 16 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,541 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,675 | — |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,763 | — |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,308 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,546 | — |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,380 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,938 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,526 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,788 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,412 | — |