Sonya
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Loud.
- Origin
- English
Sonya Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 65,679 baby girls have been named Sonya. The name peaked in 1967 with 2,980 US births that year (rank #114). In 2024, ranked #1917 nationally — 1,803 places below its 1967 peak.
Top States for Sonya
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Sonya births are: California (5,328), Texas (5,070), New York (3,262).
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5-Letter Names Starting with S
Names with Sonya's exact length and starting letter: Saada, Sabah, Saber, Sabih, Sabir.
Quick Facts About Sonya
US Popularity History (2000–2003)
Annual US births named Sonya by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 248 girls named Sonya (girl rank #907 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #976 for girls (238 US births). That's 69 places below its 2002 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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