Sondra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SON-dra
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Sondra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Sondra mean?
Greek: variant of Sandra, from Alexandra
“defender of men”
Sondra Finchley is the wealthy young woman in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy.
Is Sondra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sondra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sondra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Sondra, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1942, with 897 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Sondra in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sondra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 94 | #1,619 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,500 |
| 1990 | 143 | #1,189 |
| 1989 | 157 | #1,073 |
| 1988 | 183 | #923 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,016 |
| 1986 | 195 | #851 |
| 1985 | 177 | #898 |
| 1984 | 195 | #810 |
| 1983 | 178 | #858 |
| 1982 | 243 | #715 |
| 1981 | 246 | #692 |
| 1980 | 222 | #747 |
| 1979 | 242 | #698 |
| 1978 | 256 | #641 |
| 1977 | 215 | #719 |
| 1976 | 227 | #672 |
| 1975 | 280 | #585 |
| 1974 | 314 | #533 |
| 1973 | 322 | #522 |
| 1972 | 339 | #509 |
| 1971 | 375 | #505 |
| 1970 | 501 | #439 |
| 1969 | 540 | #409 |
| 1968 | 511 | #412 |
| 1967 | 521 | #400 |
| 1966 | 547 | #389 |
| 1965 | 577 | #381 |
| 1964 | 615 | #389 |
| 1963 | 596 | #394 |
| 1962 | 631 | #373 |
| 1961 | 517 | #431 |
| 1960 | 497 | #439 |
| 1959 | 462 | #447 |
| 1958 | 391 | #481 |
| 1957 | 362 | #496 |
| 1956 | 384 | #476 |
| 1955 | 387 | #457 |
| 1954 | 443 | #409 |
| 1953 | 451 | #400 |
| 1952 | 504 | #367 |
| 1951 | 410 | #408 |
| 1950 | 475 | #365 |
| 1949 | 503 | #344 |
| 1948 | 550 | #332 |
| 1947 | 631 | #309 |
| 1946 | 617 | #293 |
| 1945 | 530 | #298 |
| 1944 | 590 | #284 |
| 1943 | 762 | #254 |
| 1942 | 897 | #219 |
| 1941 | 770 | #227 |
| 1940 | 879 | #199 |
| 1939 | 875 | #201 |
| 1938 | 758 | #222 |
| 1937 | 553 | #265 |
| 1936 | 439 | #292 |
| 1935 | 408 | #302 |
| 1934 | 448 | #288 |
| 1933 | 337 | #338 |
| 1932 | 297 | #375 |
| 1931 | 145 | #548 |
| 1930 | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1929 | 62 | #909 |
| 1928 | 59 | #967 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,931 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Sondra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sandra, Angela, Paula, Linda, Teresa, Sonia, Rita, Priscilla, Sara, Sonja, Barbara, Diana
Names related to Sondra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Sondra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sondra, updated 20 October 2026.