How Many People Are Named Sonora?
people named Sonora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 244,656 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,444 babies named Sonora in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sonora in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sonora alive today is about 19 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sonora first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 2023, to 62 babies. In 2025, 55 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sonora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,766, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #3,023.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,023 |
| Best rank | #2,766 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,695 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sonora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sonora were born in California than in any other state: about 184 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sonora was given 4.1 times as often in California and 2.6 times in Texas.
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