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How popular is the name Sonia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sonias are alive today.
Sonia (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1051st in 2025 and given to 32 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1974, when around 240 babies were given the name, the 95th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 13% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,900 babies have been named Sonia in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Sonia is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sonja and Sonya; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sonia you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Sonias born in England and Wales are between 29 and 51, and there are at least 8,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Sonia.
How many babies are named Sonia each year?
Includes all spellings: Sonia, Sonja, Sonya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sonia spelling rank?
Where does the Sonja spelling rank?
Where does the Sonya spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sonia most popular?
Sonia peaked in 1974, when around 240 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sonia?
At least 8,200 people named Sonia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sonia?
Most living Sonias are between 29 and 51; the most common age is about 51.
Is Sonia becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak.