Sonja
Sonja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. Its best rank was 180th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 560.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19681,339 births
- Best rank
- #180in 1938
- Since 1906
- 39,476people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,476 girls have been named Sonja in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 1,339 births.
The name has all but left use: 56 births in 2024, against 1,339 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 28%. It has spent 63 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sonja | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 89 | |
| 1920s | 231 | |
| 1930s | 3,143 | |
| 1940s | 5,081 | |
| 1950s | 4,619 | |
| 1960s | 10,960 | |
| 1970s | 7,963 | |
| 1980s | 3,240 | |
| 1990s | 1,696 | |
| 2000s | 1,187 | |
| 2010s | 956 | |
| 2020s | 305 |
In 1968, its biggest year
Sonja was the 222nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.
Names that rose and fell with Sonja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deannepeak 1962
- Tonitapeak 1965
- Deannapeak 1970
- Sonjiapeak 1967
- Loraleepeak 1938
- Rochellepeak 1969
- Ladonnapeak 1964
- Jeaninepeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.