Sonam
Girl · SOH-nam
Sonam is a girls' name, meaning “merit, good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Sonam mean?
Tibetan and Bhutanese
“merit, good fortune”
Used for both girls and boys in Tibet and Bhutan; in India it is mainly a girls' name.
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- SOH-nam
Is Sonam a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonam is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Sonam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sonam, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sonam in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 1998, 63% of the babies named Sonam in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sonam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Sonam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Sonam, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986. 6 boys were also named Sonam in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Sonam in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Sonam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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