Sonja Name Popularity
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How popular is Sonja?
In 2018 the rare name Sonja, ranked the 2,385th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.This once, top 1000 name, Sonja is currently less popular.
Position 180, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1938.
However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1968 with 1,337 occurrences.
The least number of children given the name Sonja was less than 5, most recently in 1912.
Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Sonja occurred roughly during the years 1924-1930, 1931-1938, and 1958-1966, whereas 1938-1944, 1972-1978, 1980-1984, 1987-1991, 1992-1995, 1998-2001, and 2012-2015 were years of successive downward movement.
Sometimes the name Sonja has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.
The popularity trend for Sonja has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Sonja lately has dropped.
What does the future hold for the popularity of Sonja?
Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.
The name Sonja is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.
Relative to what it once was, Sonja has fallen out of favor as a given name.
for Percentages.| Sonja (Girl) | Sonja (Boy) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | % | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank |
| 2018 | | 76 | 2,385 | < 5 | -- |
| 2017 | | 69 | 2,558 | < 5 | -- |
| 2016 | | 92 | 2,122 | < 5 | -- |
| 2015 | | 86 | 2,202 | < 5 | -- |
| 2014 | | 110 | 1,849 | < 5 | -- |
| 2013 | | 110 | 1,843 | < 5 | -- |
| 2012 | | 114 | 1,800 | < 5 | -- |
| 2011 | | 108 | 1,867 | < 5 | -- |
| 2010 | | 109 | 1,872 | < 5 | -- |
| 2009 | | 120 | 1,806 | < 5 | -- |
| 2008 | | 120 | 1,814 | < 5 | -- |
| 2007 | | 105 | 1,967 | < 5 | -- |
| 2006 | | 128 | 1,661 | < 5 | -- |
| 2005 | | 126 | 1,613 | < 5 | -- |
| 2004 | | 133 | 1,517 | < 5 | -- |
| 2003 | | 114 | 1,685 | < 5 | -- |
| 2002 | | 110 | 1,682 | < 5 | -- |
| 2001 | | 106 | 1,710 | < 5 | -- |
| 2000 | | 123 | 1,501 | < 5 | -- |
| 1999 | | 146 | 1,273 | < 5 | -- |
| 1998 | | 159 | 1,179 | < 5 | -- |
| 1997 | | 151 | 1,203 | < 5 | -- |
| 1996 | | 141 | 1,243 | < 5 | -- |
| 1995 | | 121 | 1,368 | < 5 | -- |
| 1994 | | 169 | 1,072 | < 5 | -- |
| 1993 | | 170 | 1,077 | < 5 | -- |
| 1992 | | 196 | 977 | < 5 | -- |
| 1991 | | 206 | 934 | < 5 | -- |
| 1990 | | 237 | 829 | < 5 | -- |
| 1989 | | 272 | 727 | < 5 | -- |
| 1988 | | 294 | 658 | < 5 | -- |
| 1987 | | 303 | 632 | < 5 | -- |
| 1986 | | 317 | 607 | < 5 | -- |
| 1985 | | 303 | 621 | < 5 | -- |
| 1984 | | 266 | 659 | < 5 | -- |
| 1983 | | 314 | 573 | < 5 | -- |
| 1982 | | 372 | 526 | < 5 | -- |
| 1981 | | 401 | 502 | < 5 | -- |
| 1980 | | 397 | 508 | < 5 | -- |
| 1979 | | 438 | 460 | < 5 | -- |
| 1978 | | 480 | 422 | < 5 | -- |
| 1977 | | 519 | 402 | < 5 | -- |
| 1976 | | 583 | 361 | < 5 | -- |
| 1975 | | 617 | 351 | < 5 | -- |
| 1974 | | 755 | 309 | < 5 | -- |
| 1973 | | 884 | 278 | 9 | 3,658 |
| 1972 | | 1,191 | 233 | < 5 | -- |
| 1971 | | 1,187 | 247 | 6 | 4,841 |
| 1970 | | 1,310 | 239 | < 5 | -- |
| 1969 | | 1,313 | 229 | < 5 | -- |
| 1968 | | 1,337 | 222 | < 5 | -- |
| 1967 | | 1,336 | 220 | 8 | 3,201 |
| 1966 | | 1,320 | 226 | 6 | 3,891 |
| 1965 | | 1,124 | 255 | < 5 | -- |
| 1964 | | 1,053 | 278 | < 5 | -- |
| 1963 | | 997 | 294 | < 5 | -- |
| 1962 | | 855 | 321 | < 5 | -- |
| 1961 | | 867 | 320 | < 5 | -- |
| 1960 | | 757 | 349 | < 5 | -- |
| 1959 | | 677 | 365 | < 5 | -- |
| 1958 | | 523 | 405 | < 5 | -- |
| 1957 | | 529 | 399 | < 5 | -- |
| 1956 | | 472 | 418 | < 5 | -- |
| 1955 | | 444 | 420 | < 5 | -- |
| 1954 | | 425 | 422 | < 5 | -- |
| 1953 | | 413 | 429 | < 5 | -- |
| 1952 | | 389 | 434 | < 5 | -- |
| 1951 | | 397 | 420 | < 5 | -- |
| 1950 | | 345 | 436 | < 5 | -- |
| 1949 | | 412 | 391 | < 5 | -- |
| 1948 | | 424 | 386 | < 5 | -- |
| 1947 | | 496 | 362 | < 5 | -- |
| 1946 | | 484 | 337 | < 5 | -- |
| 1945 | | 455 | 317 | < 5 | -- |
| 1944 | | 405 | 342 | < 5 | -- |
| 1943 | | 525 | 304 | 5 | 3,982 |
| 1942 | | 600 | 278 | < 5 | -- |
| 1941 | | 567 | 268 | < 5 | -- |
| 1940 | | 713 | 238 | < 5 | -- |
| 1939 | | 861 | 203 | 5 | 3,917 |
| 1938 | | 1,117 | 180 | 5 | 3,972 |
| 1937 | | 560 | 263 | < 5 | -- |
| 1936 | | 180 | 479 | < 5 | -- |
| 1935 | | 92 | 704 | < 5 | -- |
| 1934 | | 86 | 723 | < 5 | -- |
| 1933 | | 54 | 935 | < 5 | -- |
| 1932 | | 70 | 822 | < 5 | -- |
| 1931 | | 51 | 983 | < 5 | -- |
| 1930 | | 71 | 853 | < 5 | -- |
| 1929 | | 37 | 1,239 | < 5 | -- |
| 1928 | | 29 | 1,500 | < 5 | -- |
| 1927 | | 25 | 1,719 | < 5 | -- |
| 1926 | | 25 | 1,714 | < 5 | -- |
| 1925 | | 18 | 2,181 | < 5 | -- |
| 1924 | | 20 | 2,055 | < 5 | -- |
| 1923 | | 23 | 1,829 | < 5 | -- |
| 1922 | | 21 | 1,951 | < 5 | -- |
| 1921 | | 23 | 1,859 | < 5 | -- |
| 1920 | | 11 | 3,071 | < 5 | -- |
| 1919 | | 9 | 3,422 | < 5 | -- |
| 1918 | | 17 | 2,194 | < 5 | -- |
| 1917 | | 16 | 2,194 | < 5 | -- |
| 1916 | | 15 | 2,230 | < 5 | -- |
| 1915 | | 11 | 2,670 | < 5 | -- |
| 1914 | | 13 | 1,998 | < 5 | -- |
| 1913 | | 8 | 2,513 | < 5 | -- |
| 1912 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1911 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1910 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1909 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1908 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1907 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1906 | | 6 | 1,925 | < 5 | -- |
| 1905 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1904 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1903 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1902 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1901 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1900 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1899 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1898 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1897 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1896 | | < 5 | -- | < 5 | -- |
| 1895 | | < 5 | -- | < 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 | -- |