Feminine dossier · first seen 1906

Sonja

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sonja
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1968

Peak rank proxy

1,339

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1906Peak 19682024

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

All-time

39,476

Sonja once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1968, when 1,339 girls were named Sonja.

In 2024, only 56 girls were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 39,476 Americans have been named Sonja and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1906.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

19681,339 girls named Sonja

202456 girls named Sonja

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