Sonnie
Boy · SUN-ee · English
Sonnie is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son, young boy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Sonnie mean?
English: spelling of Sonny
“son, young boy”
A spelling of Sonny, an affectionate English nickname for a boy.
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Is Sonnie a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonnie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 29 boys in the UK and 28 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Sonnie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Sonnie, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 42 boys. 3 girls were also named Sonnie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Sonnie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,433 boys in the UK were given Sonnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Sonnie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 37 | #891 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 42 | #771 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Sonnie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Sonnie, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 1938. 13 boys were also named Sonnie in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Sonnie of any year since it first appeared, in 1938.
Half of all the girls named Sonnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,212 girls in the US were given Sonnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #280, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 68% of the babies named Sonnie in the US were girls.
Sonnie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
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