Sonora
Girl · soh-NOR-a · Spanish
Sonora is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Sonora mean?
Spanish: from the Mexican state and the Sonoran Desert
Also the Spanish adjective sonora, 'resonant'; the state's name itself is of disputed origin.
- Say it
- soh-NOR-a
Is Sonora a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,998among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Sonora, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Sonora in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
Names like Sonora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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