—2024 rank
1967peak year
65,542babies named Sonya since 1880
▲ +5%5-year trend
Sonya popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Sonya mean?
A variant spelling of Sonia, a Russian diminutive of Sofya, from Greek sophia meaning 'wisdom'. Gained wide Western use in the twentieth century.
OriginRussian
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic
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Spellings & variants
SoniaSonjaSophia
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