Name → State Lookup
Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.
Top States for Sonya (girls)
733 all-time US births
Peaked 2002 with 248 births (rank #907)
See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.
How it works: Queries
name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.