Soni
#16,949 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Soni has been given to 331 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #16,949 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1965, with 15 recorded.
Babies named Soni, 2025
1 in 663,000
Soni over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Soni?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 321,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #16,949
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Soni sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Soni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Sonis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Soni was born before 1971 — so the typical Soni is around 54 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 29.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 12.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 313
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (97).
Is Soni 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 33.3%
- Peak was 1965 (15)
- Years since peak
- 60
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.7% average annual change
Spellings of Soni
Soni is not the most common spelling — Lori is, with 25.2% against Soni's 0.02%.
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.
Soni around the world
Where Soni 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 & Wales2012–2012#5,876in 2012
- South Australia1997–1997#681in 1997
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Soni by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Soni
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Soni
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.