The first name Sonja
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Sonja last appeared in the official list in 2020, given to 5 girls. It peaked in 1999, with 8 births (#1,970).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Sonja with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Sonja at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 37 girls born in the United States were named Sonja, the 3,966th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1968, when 1,339 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Sonja
43 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sonja LangCanadian writer and hyperpolyglot (born 1978)
- Sonja SohnAmerican actress, activist (b. 1964)
- Sonja ZiemannGerman actress (1926–2020)
- Sonja GerhardtGerman film and television actress, born 1989
- Sonja GrafGerman-born American chess player, 1908–1965
- Sonja LummeFinnish singer, born 1961
- Sonja FussGerman association football player, born 1978
- Sonja SavićActress (1961-2008)
- Sonja KristinaEnglish singer, born 1949
- Sonja GreinacherGerman basketball player (born 1992)
- Sonja RichterDanish actress, born 1974
- Sonja KirchbergerAustrian actress, born 1964
Questions
- How popular is the name Sonja?
- In 2020, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Sonja, ranking 3,899th. Its peak was 1999, with 8 births.
- Is Sonja a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 39,557 US babies named Sonja since 1880 were girls.
- When was Sonja most popular?
- 1968 in the United States, when 1,339 babies were named Sonja, its highest rank at 222nd.