Soniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-nee-ya
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Soniya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Soniya mean?
Greek: Indian spelling of Sonia, a Russian pet form of Sophia
“wisdom”
Spelling of Sonia, a Russian pet form of Sophia; in India it is also linked with Hindi sona 'gold'.
Is Soniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Soniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Soniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Soniya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Soniya than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Soniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Soniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Soniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Soniya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Soniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Soniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Safa, Haniya, Safiya, Amaya, Raya, Sasha, Shriya, Inaya, Aisha, Amira, Priya
Names related to Soniya
Sonia, Sonya, Saniya, Shaniya, Saniyah, Sona, Siona, Siyona, Sonni
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Soniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/soniya, updated 20 October 2026.