How Many People Are Named Sonnie?
people named Sonnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 277,422 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,630 babies named Sonnie in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SONNY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sonnie in English. Counting Sonnie and these spellings together, about 21,104 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sonnie, 56.9% were girls and 43.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sonnie rose from 4.8% in the 1930s to 56.9% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 77.3%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sonnie alive today is about 33 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sonnie first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 2023, to 42 babies. In 2025, 41 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sonnie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,044, in 1897. In 2025 it ranked #6,745. Among girls, its best rank was #2,927, in 1944.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,745 | #4,867 |
| Best rank | #1,044 (1897) | #2,927 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,310 in the 1940s | #5,470 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sonnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sonnie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today.
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