Sonoma
Girl · suh-NOH-muh · Native American
Sonoma is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sonoma mean?
Native American: California place name of Native American origin
From Sonoma County in California's wine country; the name is of Native American origin, but its meaning is disputed.
- Say it
- suh-NOH-muh
Is Sonoma a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonoma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonoma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sonoma, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Sonoma than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Sonoma in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonoma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Sonoma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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