Sonia
Girl · SON-ya · Greek
Sonia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 1,299th for girls in the US (171 babies).
What does Sonia mean?
Greek: Russian pet form of Sofia
“wisdom”
A Russian pet form of Sofia, familiar from characters in War and Peace and Crime and Punishment.
- Say it
- SON-ya
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sonia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 171 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Sonia, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 128 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sonia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#95).
Sonia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 47 | #828 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 62 | #706 |
| 2017 | 61 | #727 |
| 2016 | 69 | #667 |
| 2015 | 48 | #854 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 63 | #701 |
| 2012 | 67 | #677 |
| 2011 | 65 | #671 |
| 2010 | 55 | #727 |
| 2009 | 58 | #699 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 75 | #548 |
| 2006 | 61 | #607 |
| 2005 | 47 | #712 |
| 2004 | 55 | #614 |
| 2003 | 80 | #472 |
| 2002 | 90 | #409 |
| 2001 | 80 | #435 |
| 2000 | 88 | #404 |
| 1999 | 91 | #393 |
| 1998 | 100 | #368 |
| 1997 | 104 | #366 |
| 1996 | 128 | #309 |
How popular is Sonia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,299among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 171about 1 in 9,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were named Sonia, making it the 1,299th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,126th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,767 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Sonia in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,299 |
| 2024 | 169 | #1,350 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,255 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,152 |
| 2021 | 191 | #1,229 |
| 2020 | 214 | #1,126 |
| 2019 | 217 | #1,119 |
| 2018 | 240 | #1,064 |
| 2017 | 267 | #978 |
| 2016 | 264 | #999 |
| 2015 | 246 | #1,068 |
| 2014 | 283 | #948 |
| 2013 | 298 | #865 |
| 2012 | 328 | #817 |
| 2011 | 351 | #774 |
| 2010 | 392 | #720 |
| 2009 | 425 | #687 |
| 2008 | 423 | #709 |
| 2007 | 460 | #645 |
| 2006 | 481 | #607 |
| 2005 | 489 | #582 |
| 2004 | 516 | #551 |
| 2003 | 498 | #555 |
| 2002 | 520 | #530 |
| 2001 | 542 | #507 |
| 2000 | 532 | #507 |
| 1999 | 576 | #461 |
| 1998 | 635 | #418 |
| 1997 | 647 | #405 |
| 1996 | 637 | #409 |
| 1995 | 711 | #368 |
| 1994 | 711 | #364 |
| 1993 | 804 | #326 |
| 1992 | 812 | #331 |
| 1991 | 852 | #315 |
| 1990 | 868 | #314 |
| 1989 | 859 | #303 |
| 1988 | 784 | #316 |
| 1987 | 826 | #292 |
| 1986 | 858 | #287 |
| 1985 | 889 | #280 |
| 1984 | 928 | #264 |
| 1983 | 959 | #245 |
| 1982 | 1,048 | #241 |
| 1981 | 1,129 | #227 |
| 1980 | 1,252 | #209 |
| 1979 | 1,276 | #207 |
| 1978 | 1,265 | #203 |
| 1977 | 1,370 | #197 |
| 1976 | 1,554 | #165 |
| 1975 | 1,491 | #177 |
| 1974 | 1,577 | #171 |
| 1973 | 1,600 | #174 |
| 1972 | 1,612 | #176 |
| 1971 | 1,693 | #182 |
| 1970 | 1,767 | #186 |
| 1969 | 1,751 | #182 |
| 1968 | 1,566 | #199 |
| 1967 | 1,495 | #206 |
| 1966 | 1,529 | #205 |
| 1965 | 1,254 | #244 |
| 1964 | 1,220 | #254 |
| 1963 | 1,169 | #256 |
| 1962 | 1,027 | #281 |
| 1961 | 983 | #294 |
| 1960 | 951 | #302 |
| 1959 | 917 | #300 |
| 1958 | 839 | #321 |
| 1957 | 747 | #333 |
| 1956 | 625 | #349 |
| 1955 | 591 | #357 |
| 1954 | 537 | #376 |
| 1953 | 438 | #407 |
| 1952 | 442 | #390 |
| 1951 | 396 | #419 |
| 1950 | 333 | #439 |
| 1949 | 313 | #450 |
| 1948 | 273 | #487 |
| 1947 | 280 | #489 |
| 1946 | 223 | #525 |
| 1945 | 233 | #469 |
| 1944 | 202 | #507 |
| 1943 | 262 | #457 |
| 1942 | 249 | #467 |
| 1941 | 237 | #446 |
| 1940 | 299 | #387 |
| 1939 | 282 | #398 |
| 1938 | 429 | #302 |
| 1937 | 346 | #338 |
| 1936 | 251 | #405 |
| 1935 | 226 | #427 |
| 1934 | 236 | #427 |
| 1933 | 212 | #442 |
| 1932 | 198 | #464 |
| 1931 | 164 | #506 |
| 1930 | 166 | #526 |
| 1929 | 169 | #525 |
| 1928 | 184 | #508 |
| 1927 | 218 | #474 |
| 1926 | 134 | #612 |
| 1925 | 108 | #710 |
| 1924 | 97 | #756 |
| 1923 | 86 | #786 |
| 1922 | 79 | #826 |
| 1921 | 79 | #828 |
| 1920 | 76 | #825 |
| 1919 | 96 | #712 |
| 1918 | 104 | #708 |
| 1917 | 79 | #775 |
| 1916 | 66 | #831 |
| 1915 | 61 | #831 |
| 1914 | 57 | #765 |
| 1913 | 45 | #782 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 23 | #845 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
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