Sonnie
Sonnie was the 4868th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1944, when it ranked 2928th; the most babies were born in 2025 (28). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,200 places. More babies were named Sonnie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,868 girls, up 2,319 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28girls
- Girls and boys
- 56% girls, 44% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202528 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,630babies recorded
Sonnie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,868 | #6,749 | 28 | 13 |
| 2020 | #7,187 | #8,634 | 16 | 9 |
| 2010 | #11,146 | #5,694 | 10 | 16 |
| 2000 | — | #11,887 | — | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,253 | #5,321 | 18 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,948 | #7,160 | 15 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,860 | #3,792 | 6 | 8 |
| 1960 | #5,121 | #4,533 | 8 | 5 |
| 1950 | #6,002 | — | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | #3,099 | — | 7 |
| 1930 | — | #2,434 | — | 12 |
| 1920 | — | #4,893 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | #1,809 | — | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Sonnie, counting every spelling?
Sonnie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 44 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 44 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnie | 28 | #4,868 | 99 |
| Sonni | 11 | #9,384 | 57 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sonnie?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sonnie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sonnie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sonnie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sonnie?
About 700 people born in the US named Sonnie are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 12 and 45. That makes Sonnie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sonnie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sonnie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sonnie
How popular is the name Sonnie?
Sonnie was the 4868th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1944, when it ranked 2928th; the most babies were born in 2025 (28). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,200 places. More babies were named Sonnie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sonnie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 56% girls, 44% boys given the name Sonnie in the US.