Sonia

“Variant of Sophia — Wisdom” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #1307 in the US (2025) · Retro

Sonia's best rank, #165, came in 1976; it has stepped well back to #1307 today. Roughly 67,000 girls have been named Sonia since 1895. Sonny is a short form of Sonia. Together with its spelling variant Sonya (#1939), Sonia would rank around #950 with about 270 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sonia and Sonya.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,100 girls in Poland (2025) · about 1 in 3,100 girls in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 4,700 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sonias

Sonia Gandhi — Indian politician
Sonia Sotomayor — US Supreme Court justice since 2009
Sonia Delaunay — French painter (1885–1979)
Sônia Braga — Brazilian-American actress
Sonia Rykiel — French fashion designer (1930-2016)

In stories & tradition

Sonia Fowler — EastEnders
Sonia Stevens — fictional human
Sonia the duck — Peter and the Wolf

What Sonias become

Among 1,450 notable people named Sonia:

Entertainers appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sônia Braga, Brazilian-American actress.

Similar names: Sonya · Angie · Zoie · Tania · Cristina · India

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