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Sonia Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sonia?

In 2018 the uncommon name Sonia, ranked the 1,063rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Sonia is currently less popular.

Position 165, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1976.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1970 with 1,768 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Sonia in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1894.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Sonia occurred roughly during the years 1906-1918, 1933-1938, 1948-1958, and 1960-1969.

Sonia became more popular as a girls name in 1895.

The popularity trend for Sonia has steadily decreased for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Sonia has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sonia?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Sonia is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Sonia (Girl)Sonia (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 239 1,063 < 5 --
2017 266 981 < 5 --
2016 263 1,004 < 5 --
2015 245 1,073 < 5 --
2014 283 949 < 5 --
2013 298 863 < 5 --
2012 328 819 < 5 --
2011 351 775 < 5 --
2010 392 721 < 5 --
2009 424 689 < 5 --
2008 423 708 < 5 --
2007 460 646 < 5 --
2006 481 609 < 5 --
2005 488 584 < 5 --
2004 515 553 < 5 --
2003 498 555 < 5 --
2002 519 530 < 5 --
2001 542 508 < 5 --
2000 532 506 < 5 --
1999 574 462 < 5 --
1998 635 418 < 5 --
1997 647 405 < 5 --
1996 638 409 < 5 --
1995 711 368 < 5 --
1994 711 364 < 5 --
1993 804 326 10 5,714
1992 814 331 < 5 --
1991 851 316 8 6,435
1990 867 314 11 4,945
1989 857 306 14 3,996
1988 785 316 11 4,413
1987 826 293 14 3,480
1986 857 287 < 5 --
1985 890 280 10 4,294
1984 927 264 8 4,898
1983 959 245 15 3,048
1982 1,047 241 13 3,456
1981 1,131 227 17 2,766
1980 1,252 209 9 4,450
1979 1,276 207 11 3,779
1978 1,265 203 10 3,814
1977 1,370 197 7 5,045
1976 1,554 165 11 3,449
1975 1,490 177 9 3,912
1974 1,577 172 11 3,294
1973 1,599 174 9 3,657
1972 1,614 176 9 3,567
1971 1,693 182 9 3,617
1970 1,768 186 10 3,251
1969 1,743 183 9 3,282
1968 1,567 199 < 5 --
1967 1,496 206 5 4,456
1966 1,529 206 10 2,756
1965 1,252 245 < 5 --
1964 1,222 254 < 5 --
1963 1,169 256 6 3,990
1962 1,025 282 < 5 --
1961 984 294 < 5 --
1960 950 304 7 3,617
1959 918 299 < 5 --
1958 838 321 < 5 --
1957 746 334 < 5 --
1956 624 349 5 4,394
1955 592 357 < 5 --
1954 534 377 < 5 --
1953 439 408 < 5 --
1952 442 392 < 5 --
1951 397 419 < 5 --
1950 332 442 < 5 --
1949 313 452 < 5 --
1948 273 491 < 5 --
1947 280 489 < 5 --
1946 223 526 < 5 --
1945 233 471 < 5 --
1944 202 510 < 5 --
1943 262 458 < 5 --
1942 249 468 < 5 --
1941 237 446 < 5 --
1940 299 387 < 5 --
1939 282 400 < 5 --
1938 429 302 < 5 --
1937 346 338 < 5 --
1936 251 405 < 5 --
1935 226 428 < 5 --
1934 236 428 < 5 --
1933 212 442 < 5 --
1932 198 466 < 5 --
1931 164 509 < 5 --
1930 166 527 < 5 --
1929 169 526 < 5 --
1928 184 509 < 5 --
1927 218 474 < 5 --
1926 134 616 < 5 --
1925 108 711 < 5 --
1924 97 760 < 5 --
1923 86 790 < 5 --
1922 79 830 < 5 --
1921 79 836 < 5 --
1920 76 833 < 5 --
1919 96 716 < 5 --
1918 104 710 < 5 --
1917 79 783 < 5 --
1916 66 837 < 5 --
1915 61 838 < 5 --
1914 57 768 < 5 --
1913 45 793 < 5 --
1912 37 830 < 5 --
1911 23 925 < 5 --
1910 20 993 < 5 --
1909 23 866 < 5 --
1908 16 1,039 < 5 --
1907 14 1,083 < 5 --
1906 8 1,541 < 5 --
1905 7 1,675 < 5 --
1904 10 1,239 < 5 --
1903 6 1,763 < 5 --
1902 9 1,308 < 5 --
1901 6 1,646 < 5 --
1900 8 1,546 < 5 --
1899 7 1,380 < 5 --
1898 5 1,938 < 5 --
1897 6 1,526 < 5 --
1896 5 1,788 < 5 --
1895 7 1,412 < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.