Sonia

girls:

66.4k births since 1895

#484 (92nd percentile)

boys:

278 births since 1956

#4308 (6th percentile)

overall:

66.7k births since 1895

#896 (88th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Sonia is the #896 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 66,682 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 88.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #484 (91.5% percentile) for all time with 66,404 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #4,308 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 278 births since 1956.

Sonia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1956 for boys).

The name Sonia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Sonia reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 78.7% percentile (ranked #163) with 989 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 1,030 births per million (ranked 76.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1976, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sonia ranks #771 for girls (18.6% percentile) with 103 births per million, which is 10.1% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Sonia reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #670) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sonia".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
66,404
Peak Births
1,767
Peak Year
1976
First Recorded
1895
Peak Percentile
78.7%
Current Percentile
18.6%
Peak Rank
#163
Current Rank
#771
Female statistics
Total Births
278
Peak Births
17
Peak Year
1981
First Recorded
1956
Peak Percentile
1.8%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#670
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Sonia

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sonia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 64.0% confident that Sonia is pronounced as SOH-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SOH-nee-uh, at 24.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.

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SOH-nyuh (2 syllables)
64.0% confidence
S OW1 N Y AH0
SOH-nee-uh (3 syllables)
24.0% confidence
S OW1 N IY0 AH0
SOH-nyah (2 syllables)
Verified
12.0% confidence
S OW1 N Y AA2

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S OW1 N Y AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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