Sonder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAHN-der
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Sonder is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “awareness of others' inner lives”. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Sonder mean?
Modern: invented word from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
“awareness of others' inner lives”
Coined by John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows for realising each passer-by lives a life as vivid as yours.
Is Sonder a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 938% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Sonder, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2020.
2025 had the most boys named Sonder of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sonder in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
Names like Sonder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wylder Ledger Archer Krishiv Kylo Wilder Karter Shivansh Baker River Iker Jettson
Names related to Sonder
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sonder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sonder, updated 20 October 2026.