Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sonja” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sonja” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sonja” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sonja” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sonja” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sonja” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sonja” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sonja” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 29 0.000012827 29 100%
1929 37 0.000016878 37 100%
1930 71 0.000031935 71 100%
1931 51 0.000024235 51 100%
1932 70 0.000033155 70 100%
1933 54 0.000027007 54 100%
1934 86 0.00004141 86 100%
1935 92 0.000044021 92 100%
1936 180 0.000086639 180 100%
1937 560 0.000262828 560 100%
1938 1122 0.000507102 1117 5 99%
1939 867 0.000393475 862 5 99%
1940 713 0.000309639 713 100%
1941 567 0.000232718 567 100%
1942 600 0.000219634 600 100%
1943 530 0.000187773 525 5 98%
1944 405 0.000150553 405 100%
1945 455 0.00017151 455 100%
1946 484 0.000151472 484 100%
1947 496 0.000137689 496 100%
1948 424 0.000122809 424 100%
1949 412 0.000118229 412 100%
1950 345 0.000098477 345 100%
1951 397 0.000107771 397 100%
1952 389 0.000102422 389 100%
1953 413 0.000107171 413 100%
1954 426 0.000107016 426 100%
1955 445 0.000110832 445 100%
1956 471 0.000114236 471 100%
1957 531 0.000126364 531 100%
1958 524 0.000126757 524 100%
1959 678 0.000163059 678 100%
1960 758 0.000182483 758 100%
1961 867 0.000209304 867 100%
1962 855 0.000211876 855 100%
1963 996 0.00025163 996 100%
1964 1052 0.000270604 1052 100%
1965 1125 0.000310306 1125 100%
1966 1326 0.000381511 1320 6 99%
1967 1343 0.000395594 1335 8 99%
1968 1339 0.00039634 1339 100%
1969 1313 0.000377807 1313 100%
1970 1309 0.000362954 1309 100%
1971 1195 0.000348157 1189 6 99%
1972 1191 0.000378938 1191 100%
1973 893 0.000296 884 9 98%
1974 755 0.000248355 755 100%
1975 614 0.000203352 614 100%
1976 583 0.000192137 583 100%
1977 519 0.000163388 519 100%
1978 481 0.00015155 481 100%
1979 438 0.00013165 438 100%
1980 397 0.000115256 397 100%
1981 401 0.000115917 401 100%
1982 372 0.000106044 372 100%
1983 314 0.000090664 314 100%
1984 266 0.000076245 266 100%
1985 303 0.000084895 303 100%
1986 318 0.000089399 318 100%
1987 303 0.000084036 303 100%
1988 294 0.000079566 294 100%
1989 272 0.000070751 272 100%
1990 237 0.000059962 237 100%
1991 206 0.000052885 206 100%
1992 196 0.000051025 196 100%
1993 170 0.00004509 170 100%
1994 169 0.000045459 169 100%
1995 121 0.000033041 121 100%
1996 141 0.00003866 141 100%
1997 151 0.000041647 151 100%
1998 159 0.000043228 159 100%
1999 146 0.000039525 146 100%
2000 123 0.000032541 123 100%
2001 106 0.000028317 106 100%
2002 110 0.000029425 110 100%
2003 114 0.000029982 114 100%
2004 133 0.000034808 133 100%
2005 127 0.000033031 127 100%
2006 128 0.000032354 128 100%
2007 105 0.000026265 105 100%
2008 120 0.000030529 120 100%
2009 121 0.000031674 121 100%
2010 110 0.000029764 110 100%
2011 108 0.000029526 108 100%
2012 114 0.00003117 114 100%
2013 110 0.000030173 110 100%
2014 110 0.000029679 110 100%
2015 86 0.000023238 86 100%
2016 92 0.000025077 92 100%
2017 69 0.000019294 69 100%
2018 77 0.000021901 77 100%
2019 80 0.000023049 80 100%
2020 76 0.000022751 76 100%
2021 68 0.000020071 68 100%
2022 40 0.000011823 40 100%
2023 65 0.00001963 65 100%
2024 56 0.000016824 56 100%

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