How Many People Are Named Sonia?
people named Sonia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,873 people in the US has this name
Based on 67,026 babies named Sonia in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
1,777 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SONYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sonia in English. Counting Sonia and these spellings together, about 116,855 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sonia (99.6%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sonia alive today is about 46 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 58 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sonia first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1970, to 1,777 babies. In 2025, 171 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Sonia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #165, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,307.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,307 |
| Best rank | #165 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #183 in the 1970s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sonia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sonia were born in California than in any other state: about 13,964 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sonia was given 2.2 times as often in California, 2 times in Arizona and 1.9 times in Texas.
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