Feminine dossier · first seen 1905

Sonya

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

Endangered Down 96.5% from peak

Peak era

1967

Peak rank proxy

2,980

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1905Peak 19672024

Peak year

1967

Decline from peak

96.5%

2024

104

All-time

65,679

Sonya 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 1967, when 2,980 girls were named Sonya.

In 2024, only 104 girls were given the name.

Down 96.5% from its peak.

All told, about 65,679 Americans have been named Sonya and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1905.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.5% from peak

19672,980 girls named Sonya

2024104 girls named Sonya

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