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How popular is “Sonnie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sonnie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sonnie” 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 “Sonnie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sonnie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sonnie” 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
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 5 12 -41%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 8 6 14%
1942 21 0.000007687 5 16 -52%
1943 17 0.000006023 6 11 -29%
1944 25 0.000009293 11 14 -12%
1945 20 0.000007539 8 12 -20%
1946 22 0.000006885 5 17 -55%
1947 16 0.000004442 6 10 -25%
1948 13 0.000003765 6 7 -8%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 7 11 -22%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 6 10 -25%
1955 16 0.000003985 6 10 -25%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 8 5 23%
1961 15 0.000003621 10 5 33%
1962 12 0.000002974 6 6 0%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 6 5 9%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 20 0.00000592 14 6 40%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 6 8 -14%
1971 21 0.000006118 12 9 14%
1972 15 0.000004773 9 6 20%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 10 10 0%
1977 15 0.000004722 7 8 -7%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 20 0.000005806 15 5 50%
1981 23 0.000006649 17 6 48%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 20 0.000005623 15 5 50%
1987 23 0.000006379 16 7 39%
1988 20 0.000005413 15 5 50%
1989 34 0.000008844 23 11 35%
1990 28 0.000007084 18 10 29%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 30 0.00000781 22 8 47%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1994 21 0.000005649 13 8 24%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 19 0.00000524 11 8 16%
1998 19 0.000005166 14 5 47%
1999 22 0.000005956 14 8 27%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 5 7 -17%
2002 21 0.000005618 10 11 -5%
2003 17 0.000004471 10 7 18%
2004 19 0.000004973 11 8 16%
2005 14 0.000003641 6 8 -14%
2006 19 0.000004803 9 10 -5%
2007 19 0.000004753 10 9 5%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 18 0.000004712 7 11 -22%
2010 26 0.000007035 10 16 -23%
2011 17 0.000004648 10 7 18%
2012 20 0.000005468 7 13 -30%
2013 20 0.000005486 9 11 -10%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 17 0.000004593 11 6 29%
2016 21 0.000005724 12 9 14%
2017 17 0.000004754 12 5 41%
2018 25 0.000007111 13 12 4%
2019 21 0.00000605 12 9 14%
2020 25 0.000007484 16 9 28%
2021 28 0.000008265 19 9 36%
2022 28 0.000008276 14 14 0%
2023 42 0.000012684 20 22 -5%
2024 38 0.000011417 18 20 -5%

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