How Many People Are Named Sonny?
people named Sonny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,199 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,356 babies named Sonny in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,192 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a nickname which is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sonny in English. Counting Sonny 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 Sonny, 5.1% were girls and 94.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sonny alive today is about 28 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sonny first appears in the records in 1888, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,192 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sonny has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #298, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #298.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #298 |
| Best rank | #298 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #389 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sonny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sonny were born in California than in any other state: about 3,565 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sonny was given 2.1 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in California and 1.6 times in Arizona.
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