Sonnet
Girl · SON-it · English
Sonnet is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “little song”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Sonnet mean?
English: English word, from Italian sonetto 'little song'
“little song”
A sonnet is a 14-line poem, a form made famous in English by Shakespeare.
- Say it
- SON-it
Is Sonnet a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonnet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonnet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Sonnet, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Sonnet in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonnet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
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