Sona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-nuh
- Origin
- Hindi
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Sona is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “gold”. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Sona mean?
Hindi: Hindi word; also an Armenian girls' name
“gold”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sona a girl's or a boy's name?
Sona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sona in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Sona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Sona, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. It first appears in the records in 1923.
2025 had the most girls named Sona of any year since it first appeared, in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Sona in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Sona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava, Myla, Zara, Mia, Lara, Mila, Scarlett, Fatima, Lyla, Lyra, Isla, Freya
Names related to Sona
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sona, updated 20 October 2026.