Sonya

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Russian

Meaning

Sonia is a feminine given name in many areas of the world including the West, Russia, Iran, and South Asia. Sonia and its variant spellings Sonja and Sonya are used in many countries, including Russia, as a diminutive for Sofiya.

From Wikipedia

Sonya first appears in the data in 1905 and has been recorded in 118 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1967 with 2,980 babies (rank #114 that year). In 2024 it was given to 104 girls (rank #1,917). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sonya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sonya yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

65,861
Total babies (all years)
118
Years in the data
2,980
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19055#2,195
19085#2,390
19098#1,745
19107#2,116
191110#1,640
19128#2,328
191327#1,061
191421#1,433
191520#1,733
191637#1,187
191727#1,467
191834#1,325
191918#2,050
192027#1,622
192131#1,509
192219#2,093
192331#1,487
192426#1,711
192534#1,405
192643#1,179
192769#903
192883#790
192953#1,001
193072#845
193172#805
1932118#605
1933140#538
1934183#476
1935190#463
1936195#461
1937229#430
1938245#427
1939211#463
1940197#489
1941179#520
1942212#511
1943170#579
1944150#601
1945165#571
1946164#620
1947164#652
1948195#598
1949163#655
1950206#587
1951189#634
1952278#504
1953311#493
1954311#503
1955340#500
1956394#472
1957396#475
1958461#444
1959778#339
19601,275#245
19611,540#218
19621,741#208
19631,920#194
19641,998#187
19652,352#160
19662,867#126
19672,980#114
19682,817#117
19692,799#123
19702,740#131
19712,730#126
19722,506#122
19732,169#131
19742,111#132
19751,760#154
19761,520#166
19771,382#193
19781,265#204
19791,289#206
19801,207#215
19811,136#226
19821,008#249
1983917#261
1984855#283
1985798#303
1986735#329
1987618#379
1988632#379
1989525#464
1990470#512
1991394#585
1992386#592
1993380#605
1994306#687
1995310#689
1996289#728
1997297#722
1998275#783
1999278#790
2000247#892
2001210#1,030
2002248#907
2003238#976
2004222#1,047
2005214#1,109
2006255#1,012
2007223#1,151
2008201#1,256
2009221#1,150
2010194#1,243
2011170#1,360
2012195#1,247
2013190#1,259
2014161#1,421
2015164#1,414
2016137#1,612
2017135#1,611
2018123#1,691
201999#1,968
2020110#1,805
202199#1,977
2022114#1,803
2023107#1,875
2024104#1,917