Sonnet
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Sonnet
Could there be a more poetic name than Sonnet? Actor Forest Whitaker was inspired to choose it for his daughter.
The word sonnet derives from the Italian sonetto, meaning 'little song.' And although Shakespeare is the most acclaimed master of this fourteen-line form, there have been many other accomplished sonneteers, including Milton, Wordsworth and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Other names beyond Sonnet that can work for the child of a writer or book-lover: Story, Poet, Fable.
Sonnet is also given to boys.
Pronounced SUN-it.
As of October 2026, Sonnet ranked #13913 for boys in US births in 2024 and #6792 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4328 for girls in 1973.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Sonnets
- Sonnet Noel Whitaker (b. 1996)Girl
daughter of actor Forest Whitaker
- Ewa Sonnet (born Beata Kornelia Dąbrowska)Girl
Polish model and singer