# Sonny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sonny/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsəni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,356 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22,327 / 1,029 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16,172, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 22 | 6,122 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,838 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,979 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,595 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,276 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,871 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,684 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,343 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,995 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,273 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3,106 |
| 2022 | 49 | 3,309 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,669 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,769 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,022 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 232 | 892 |
| 2012 | 222 | 927 |
| 2013 | 252 | 848 |
| 2014 | 243 | 890 |
| 2015 | 275 | 825 |
| 2016 | 268 | 843 |
| 2017 | 303 | 774 |
| 2018 | 382 | 663 |
| 2019 | 417 | 644 |
| 2020 | 527 | 536 |
| 2021 | 589 | 498 |
| 2022 | 725 | 428 |
| 2023 | 929 | 354 |
| 2024 | 1,037 | 336 |
| 2025 | 1,137 | 298 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 590 | 108 |
| 2012 | 686 | 90 |
| 2013 | 630 | 100 |
| 2014 | 640 | 95 |
| 2015 | 670 | 97 |
| 2016 | 563 | 116 |
| 2017 | 555 | 114 |
| 2018 | 640 | 99 |
| 2019 | 620 | 103 |
| 2020 | 699 | 81 |
| 2021 | 762 | 75 |
| 2022 | 825 | 69 |
| 2023 | 955 | 56 |
| 2024 | 1,022 | 51 |
| 2025 | 1,137 | 45 |

## People named Sonny

- Sonny Liston, American boxer (c. 1930–1970)
- Sonny Perdue, American politician
- Sonny Terry, American Piedmont blues musician (1911–1986)
- Sonny Kittel, German association football player
- Sonny Stitt, American jazz saxophonist (1924-1982)
- Sonny Fortune, American saxophonist (1939–2018)
- Sonny Weems, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Sonny Curtis, American musician (1937–2025)
- Sonny Sandoval, American rapper and singer (born 1974)
- Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
- Sonny Greer, American jazz drummer (1895–1982)
- Sonny Tufts, American actor (1911-1970)

## 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.