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Sonam

#9,380 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Virtuous, good karma, fortunate

Sonam has been given to 616 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #9,380 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Sonam, 2025

1 in 301,000

Sonam over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sonam over time

In 2025, Sonam went to 65% girls and 35% boys.

19862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sonam: meaning, origin, and history

Virtuous, good karma, fortunate

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sonam means

Sonam means “virtuous, good karma, fortunate”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 492 girls were recorded with the name Sonam between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,487 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,304 in 2020 to #9,380 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,567 in 2015 to #9,380 in 2025.

In the United States, 124 boys were recorded with the name Sonam between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,232 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,761 in 2020 to #11,797 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Sonam?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,380
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sonam sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sonam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sonams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sonam was born before 2002 — so the typical Sonam is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
34.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
492
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Choose a decade

1990s — 34.6% of all recorded uses (170).

Is Sonam rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,610
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,924
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,813
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.69×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
34.4%
Peak was 1992 (32)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,487
1992

Spellings of Sonam

Sonam is not the most common spelling — Sonia is, with 19.5% against Sonam's 0.14%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sonam is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sonam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 329,569 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sonam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sonam is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sonam was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 783,755 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sonam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sonam around the world

Where Sonam ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2019
    #6,176
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #2,973
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Sonam by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,380
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,924
Best rank ever
#3,487
1992
Peak year
1992
32 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
492
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,797
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,964
Best rank ever
#7,232
2023
Peak year
2023
12 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
124
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Sonam

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sonam

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