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Sonni

#9,381 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sonni has been given to 600 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #9,381 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Sonni, 2025

1 in 301,000

Sonni 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Sonni over time

In 2025, Sonni went to 58% girls and 42% boys.

19662025

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.

Sonni: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sonni means

Sonni is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sonni is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 536 girls were recorded with the name Sonni between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1989; its best national rank was #3,236 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,351 in 2020 to #9,381 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,764 in 2015 to #9,381 in 2025.

In the United States, 64 boys were recorded with the name Sonni between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2020; its best national rank was #7,425 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,425 in 2020 to #9,587 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,763 in 2015 to #9,587 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.

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How common is Sonni?

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
#9,381
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sonni 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 Sonni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sonnis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sonni was born before 1991 — so the typical Sonni is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
35.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
536
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1980s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (157).

Is Sonni 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
−1,030
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,383
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.10×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 1989 (33)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,236
1989

Spellings of Sonni

Sonni is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 44.1% against Sonni's 0.03%.

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 Sonni is used

Across 1910–2025, Sonni was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,104,145 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Sonni has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sonni around the world

Where Sonni 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
    1998–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2020
    #711
    in 2020
  • France
    2003–2011
    #5,394
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sonni by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,381
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,030
Best rank ever
#3,236
1989
Peak year
1989
33 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
536
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,587
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,162
Best rank ever
#7,425
2020
Peak year
2020
11 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
64
Count in 2025
8

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

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Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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