Sonya
Girl · Slavic
Sonya is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
What does Sonya mean?
Slavic
A female given name from Russian Соня (Sonja).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sonya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sonya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sonya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Sonya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 31 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sonya in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Sonya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Sonya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,927among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Sonya, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 1967, with 2,980 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sonya in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sonya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,865 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,793 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,971 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,685 |
| 2017 | 135 | #1,607 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 164 | #1,411 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2013 | 190 | #1,254 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,243 |
| 2011 | 170 | #1,354 |
| 2010 | 194 | #1,241 |
| 2009 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,250 |
| 2007 | 223 | #1,147 |
| 2006 | 255 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,105 |
| 2004 | 222 | #1,043 |
| 2003 | 238 | #973 |
| 2002 | 248 | #905 |
| 2001 | 210 | #1,024 |
| 2000 | 247 | #890 |
| 1999 | 278 | #787 |
| 1998 | 275 | #782 |
| 1997 | 297 | #721 |
| 1996 | 289 | #725 |
| 1995 | 310 | #686 |
| 1994 | 306 | #687 |
| 1993 | 380 | #605 |
| 1992 | 386 | #591 |
| 1991 | 394 | #583 |
| 1990 | 470 | #510 |
| 1989 | 525 | #462 |
| 1988 | 632 | #379 |
| 1987 | 618 | #379 |
| 1986 | 735 | #329 |
| 1985 | 797 | #303 |
| 1984 | 855 | #282 |
| 1983 | 917 | #261 |
| 1982 | 1,008 | #249 |
| 1981 | 1,135 | #226 |
| 1980 | 1,206 | #215 |
| 1979 | 1,287 | #206 |
| 1978 | 1,264 | #204 |
| 1977 | 1,382 | #193 |
| 1976 | 1,520 | #166 |
| 1975 | 1,760 | #154 |
| 1974 | 2,111 | #132 |
| 1973 | 2,169 | #131 |
| 1972 | 2,506 | #122 |
| 1971 | 2,729 | #126 |
| 1970 | 2,740 | #131 |
| 1969 | 2,800 | #123 |
| 1968 | 2,817 | #117 |
| 1967 | 2,980 | #114 |
| 1966 | 2,866 | #126 |
| 1965 | 2,351 | #160 |
| 1964 | 1,999 | #187 |
| 1963 | 1,920 | #194 |
| 1962 | 1,741 | #208 |
| 1961 | 1,541 | #217 |
| 1960 | 1,274 | #245 |
| 1959 | 778 | #339 |
| 1958 | 461 | #443 |
| 1957 | 396 | #475 |
| 1956 | 394 | #469 |
| 1955 | 340 | #497 |
| 1954 | 311 | #502 |
| 1953 | 311 | #492 |
| 1952 | 278 | #503 |
| 1951 | 189 | #629 |
| 1950 | 206 | #585 |
| 1949 | 163 | #649 |
| 1948 | 195 | #596 |
| 1947 | 164 | #650 |
| 1946 | 164 | #619 |
| 1945 | 165 | #571 |
| 1944 | 150 | #599 |
| 1943 | 170 | #578 |
| 1942 | 212 | #511 |
| 1941 | 179 | #518 |
| 1940 | 197 | #486 |
| 1939 | 211 | #460 |
| 1938 | 245 | #427 |
| 1937 | 229 | #429 |
| 1936 | 195 | #460 |
| 1935 | 190 | #462 |
| 1934 | 183 | #476 |
| 1933 | 140 | #536 |
| 1932 | 118 | #605 |
| 1931 | 72 | #797 |
| 1930 | 72 | #840 |
| 1929 | 53 | #994 |
| 1928 | 83 | #786 |
| 1927 | 69 | #898 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,166 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
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