# Sonia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sonia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | “sophia” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Sonny |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 67,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 279 / 66,747 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,875, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophia”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 351 | 776 |
| 2012 | 328 | 822 |
| 2013 | 298 | 865 |
| 2014 | 283 | 950 |
| 2015 | 246 | 1,073 |
| 2016 | 264 | 1,003 |
| 2017 | 267 | 980 |
| 2018 | 240 | 1,064 |
| 2019 | 217 | 1,121 |
| 2020 | 214 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 191 | 1,234 |
| 2022 | 211 | 1,156 |
| 2023 | 183 | 1,262 |
| 2024 | 169 | 1,356 |
| 2025 | 171 | 1,307 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 7 | 5,049 |
| 1978 | 11 | 3,578 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,780 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,454 |
| 1981 | 17 | 2,767 |
| 1982 | 13 | 3,460 |
| 1983 | 15 | 3,052 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,903 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,297 |
| 1987 | 14 | 3,484 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,415 |
| 1989 | 14 | 3,996 |
| 1990 | 11 | 4,945 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,435 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,717 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 65 | 639 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 55 | 715 |
| 2015 | 48 | 794 |
| 2016 | 65 | 645 |
| 2017 | 57 | 715 |
| 2018 | 62 | 650 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 58 | 667 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1,051 |

## People named Sonia

- Sonia Delaunay, French painter (1885–1979)
- Sônia Braga, Brazilian-American actress
- Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (1930-2016)
- Sônia Guajajara, Brazilian female environmentalist, indigenous rights activist, and politician
- Sonia Rolland, French actress
- Sonia Bompastor, French football manager (born 1980)
- Sonia, British singer (born 1971)
- Sonia Robertson, field hockey player
- Sonia Agarwal, Film actress and model
- Sonia Petrovna, French actress
- Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright and activist
- Sonia Manzano, American television personality

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.