Sonia
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Sonia
Early European import, well known in the 1940s via Norwegian skating movie star Sonja Henie, that has sailed back across the Atlantic, despite the rising popularity of other Russian names.
Sonia is also given to boys.
Pronounced SON-yuh; SO-nee-uh.
As of October 2026, Sonia ranked #5717 in US births in 1993 SSA, peaked at #2756 in 1966.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #950 | 283 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,072 | 246 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,003 | 264 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #980 | 267 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,064 | 240 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,121 | 217 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,127 | 214 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,234 | 191 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,155 | 211 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,260 | 183 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,359 | 168 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,307 | 171 |
World rankings
Sonia for girls
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Sonia on lists
Famous Sonias
- Sonia Gandhi (born Edvige Antonia Albina Maino)Girl
Italian,Indian politician, widow of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
- Sonia RykielGirl
French fashion designer
- Sonia Maria SotomayorGirl
U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Sonia DelaunayGirl
French artist
- Sonia O'SullivanGirl
Irish Olympic runner
- Sonia (Evans)Girl
English pop singer
- SONiA (Rutstein)Girl
American singer,songwriter
- Sonia ToddGirl
Australian actress
- Sonia Yesenia Cruz (Ayala)Girl
Miss El Salvador Universe 2010
- Sonia McMahonGirl
Australian socialite, widow of William McMahon
- Sonia Phyllis HurwitzGirl
birth name of Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist and puppeteer ("Lamb Chop")
- Sonia BragaGirl
Brazilian actress
Sonia in pop culture
- Sonia NevermindGirl
princess in Japanese game "Super Dangan Ronpa 2"
- Sonia FowlerGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Sonia StrummGirl
character in the Mega Man Star Force video game series
- Sonia AlcanaGirl
character in DC Universe
- SoniaGirl
Hindi for "my love."
- Sonia WyattGirl
daughter of Leslie Knope on TV's "Parks and Recreation".
- SoniaGirl
duck in Disney's animated adaptation of "Peter and the Wolf"
- SoniaGirl
character in Japanese games "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield"