Sonya is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1967 and has since faded.
Sonya is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,939 for girl births in the United States (and #3,547 across all names), given to 100 babies. Sonya was first reported in SSA data in 1905 and peaked in 1967 (2,980 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | #1,939 | — |
| 2024 | 104 | 104 | #1,924 | — |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | #1,877 | — |
| 2022 | 114 | 114 | #1,805 | — |
| 2021 | 99 | 99 | #1,978 | — |
| 2020 | 110 | 110 | #1,805 | — |
| 2019 | 99 | 99 | #1,969 | — |
| 2018 | 123 | 123 | #1,691 | — |
| 2017 | 135 | 135 | #1,612 | — |
| 2016 | 137 | 137 | #1,612 | — |
| 2015 | 164 | 164 | #1,414 | — |
| 2014 | 161 | 161 | #1,421 | — |
| 2013 | 190 | 190 | #1,259 | — |
| 2012 | 195 | 195 | #1,247 | — |
| 2011 | 170 | 170 | #1,361 | — |
| 2010 | 194 | 194 | #1,243 | — |
| 2009 | 221 | 221 | #1,150 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 201 | #1,256 | — |
| 2007 | 223 | 223 | #1,151 | — |
| 2006 | 255 | 255 | #1,012 | — |
| 2005 | 214 | 214 | #1,109 | — |
| 2004 | 222 | 222 | #1,047 | — |
| 2003 | 238 | 238 | #976 | — |
| 2002 | 248 | 248 | #907 | — |
| 2001 | 210 | 210 | #1,030 | — |
| 2000 | 247 | 247 | #892 | — |
| 1999 | 278 | 283 | #790 | — |
| 1998 | 275 | 280 | #783 | — |
| 1997 | 297 | — | #722 | — |
| 1996 | 289 | — | #728 | — |
| 1995 | 310 | — | #689 | — |
| 1994 | 306 | — | #687 | — |
| 1993 | 380 | — | #605 | — |
| 1992 | 386 | — | #592 | — |
| 1991 | 394 | — | #585 | — |
| 1990 | 470 | — | #513 | — |
| 1989 | 525 | — | #464 | — |
| 1988 | 637 | — | #379 | #8,341 |
| 1987 | 623 | — | #379 | #7,979 |
| 1986 | 735 | — | #329 | — |
| 1985 | 797 | — | #303 | — |
| 1984 | 855 | — | #283 | — |
| 1983 | 922 | — | #261 | #7,188 |
| 1982 | 1,014 | — | #249 | #6,291 |
| 1981 | 1,141 | — | #226 | #6,147 |
| 1980 | 1,211 | — | #215 | #7,161 |
| 1979 | 1,287 | — | #206 | — |
| 1978 | 1,264 | — | #205 | — |
| 1977 | 1,393 | — | #193 | #3,577 |
| 1976 | 1,525 | — | #166 | #6,378 |
| 1975 | 1,765 | — | #154 | #6,219 |
| 1974 | 2,123 | — | #132 | #3,102 |
| 1973 | 2,182 | — | #131 | #2,839 |
| 1972 | 2,515 | — | #122 | #3,575 |
| 1971 | 2,747 | — | #126 | #2,269 |
| 1970 | 2,755 | — | #131 | #2,496 |
| 1969 | 2,808 | — | #123 | #3,553 |
| 1968 | 2,828 | — | #117 | #2,711 |
| 1967 | 2,987 | — | #114 | #3,509 |
| 1966 | 2,874 | — | #126 | #3,211 |
| 1965 | 2,359 | — | #160 | #3,214 |
| 1964 | 2,007 | — | #187 | #3,249 |
| 1963 | 1,925 | — | #194 | #4,553 |
| 1962 | 1,748 | — | #208 | #3,587 |
| 1961 | 1,541 | — | #218 | — |
| 1960 | 1,274 | — | #245 | — |
| 1959 | 778 | — | #339 | — |
| 1958 | 461 | — | #444 | — |
| 1957 | 396 | — | #475 | — |
| 1956 | 394 | — | #472 | — |
| 1955 | 340 | — | #500 | — |
| 1954 | 311 | — | #503 | — |
| 1953 | 311 | — | #493 | — |
| 1952 | 278 | — | #504 | — |
| 1951 | 189 | — | #634 | — |
| 1950 | 206 | — | #587 | — |
| 1949 | 163 | — | #655 | — |
| 1948 | 195 | — | #598 | — |
| 1947 | 164 | — | #652 | — |
| 1946 | 164 | — | #620 | — |
| 1945 | 165 | — | #571 | — |
| 1944 | 150 | — | #601 | — |
| 1943 | 170 | — | #579 | — |
| 1942 | 212 | — | #511 | — |
| 1941 | 179 | — | #520 | — |
| 1940 | 197 | — | #489 | — |
| 1939 | 211 | — | #463 | — |
| 1938 | 245 | — | #427 | — |
| 1937 | 229 | — | #430 | — |
| 1936 | 195 | — | #461 | — |
| 1935 | 190 | — | #463 | — |
| 1934 | 183 | — | #476 | — |
| 1933 | 140 | — | #538 | — |
| 1932 | 118 | — | #605 | — |
| 1931 | 72 | — | #805 | — |
| 1930 | 72 | — | #845 | — |
| 1929 | 53 | — | #1,001 | — |
| 1928 | 83 | — | #790 | — |
| 1927 | 69 | — | #903 | — |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1925 | 34 | — | #1,405 | — |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,711 | — |
| 1923 | 31 | — | #1,487 | — |
| 1922 | 19 | — | #2,093 | — |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,509 | — |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,622 | — |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #2,050 | — |
| 1918 | 34 | — | #1,325 | — |
| 1917 | 27 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1916 | 37 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | — | #1,733 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,433 | — |
| 1913 | 27 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,328 | — |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,640 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #2,116 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,745 | — |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #2,390 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,195 | — |