Meaning not yet researched.
Sonny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,137 in 2025. Its best rank was #298 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 95% of babies named Sonny in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#298 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Sonny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,137 boys in 2025. Peak: #298 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 1,137 (2025).
In 2025, 1,137 US boys were named Sonny, making it the 298th most common boys’ name of the year, up 38 places from #336 in 2024. That is 100 more than the 1,037 boys named Sonny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #298, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,137. For comparison, it was #825 in 2015 and #632 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sonny in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 7 babies. In all, 23,356 US babies have been given the name, 4.4% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 5,277 babies named Sonny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,314 US boys were named Sonny; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,137. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,502 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sonny ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #169 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sonia (67,026 babies since 1880), Sonya (65,954 babies since 1880), Sunny (17,697 babies since 1880) and Sunni (2,635 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Suany, Sunnye and Sohanny are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Suany (96), Sunnye (29), Sohanny (21), Sohany (5), Suanny (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Sonny in the open dataset we use.
Sonny is listed as a nickname for Jefferson, Judson.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 8 | #169 | — |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #199 | — |
| Hawaii | 6 | #209 | — |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #221 | #501 |
| Utah | 24 | #221 | #553 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #223 | — |
| Missouri | 32 | #229 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 53 | #232 | #1,140 |
| Arizona | 35 | #233 | #517 |
| Ohio | 53 | #238 | #768 |
| Illinois | 49 | #241 | — |
| Connecticut | 14 | #247 | — |
| Washington | 31 | #250 | #931 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | #254 | — |
| California | 147 | #255 | #519 |
| New York | 76 | #257 | #888 |
| Oregon | 17 | #259 | — |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #263 | — |
| Idaho | 10 | #273 | — |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #278 | — |
| Iowa | 14 | #289 | — |
| Arkansas | 12 | #302 | — |
| Colorado | 22 | #303 | #626 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #304 | — |
| New Mexico | 7 | #306 | — |
| Tennessee | 29 | #307 | #816 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #311 | — |
| Michigan | 31 | #311 | #963 |
| Nevada | 10 | #322 | — |
| Florida | 55 | #359 | #1,506 |
| Indiana | 21 | #368 | — |
| West Virginia | 5 | #370 | — |
| Louisiana | 13 | #396 | — |
| North Carolina | 29 | #396 | #1,106 |
| Alabama | 13 | #419 | — |
| Texas | 81 | #425 | #856 |
| Maryland | 12 | #435 | — |
| Nebraska | 5 | #503 | — |
| Mississippi | 6 | #514 | — |
| Virginia | 14 | #559 | #1,116 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #601 | — |
| Georgia | 17 | #621 | #1,359 |
| Kansas | 5 | #681 | #506 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #3,022 | 1,137 | #298 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,769 | 1,037 | #336 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,669 | 929 | #354 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,309 | 725 | #428 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,106 | 589 | #498 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,273 | 527 | #536 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,995 | 417 | #644 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,343 | 382 | #663 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,684 | 303 | #774 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,871 | 268 | #843 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,276 | 275 | #825 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,595 | 243 | #890 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,979 | 252 | #848 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,838 | 222 | #927 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,122 | 232 | #892 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,181 | 212 | #948 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,909 | 248 | #860 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,710 | 247 | #864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,551 | 240 | #867 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,835 | 225 | #878 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,721 | 241 | #799 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,582 | 212 | #841 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,341 | 231 | #766 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,404 | 209 | #813 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,911 | 196 | #832 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,082 | 183 | #868 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,162 | 165 | #911 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,674 | 166 | #877 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,837 | 156 | #892 |
| 1996 | 11 | #8,056 | 153 | #888 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,397 | 185 | #791 |
| 1994 | 11 | #8,065 | 156 | #860 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,221 | 190 | #760 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,666 | 189 | #756 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,916 | 237 | #660 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,825 | 241 | #651 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,913 | 288 | #574 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,293 | 274 | #557 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,891 | 226 | #606 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,419 | 273 | #540 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,477 | 199 | #623 |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,012 | 197 | #606 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,646 | 167 | #663 |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,081 | 209 | #595 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,837 | 234 | #559 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,207 | 221 | #578 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,633 | 221 | #574 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,434 | 261 | #501 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,058 | 210 | #577 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,156 | 274 | #480 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,394 | 336 | #428 |
| 1974 | — | — | 280 | #476 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,573 | 274 | #476 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,112 | 263 | #486 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,775 | 206 | #567 |
| 1970 | — | — | 192 | #585 |
| 1969 | — | — | 176 | #586 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,162 | 169 | #587 |
| 1967 | — | — | 153 | #607 |
| 1966 | — | — | 120 | #680 |
| 1965 | — | — | 123 | #671 |
| 1964 | — | — | 134 | #668 |
| 1963 | — | — | 129 | #684 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,438 | 125 | #691 |
| 1961 | — | — | 139 | #666 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,170 | 145 | #647 |
| 1959 | — | — | 116 | #715 |
| 1958 | — | — | 168 | #599 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,303 | 150 | #627 |
| 1956 | — | — | 139 | #645 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,604 | 125 | #658 |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,081 | 128 | #648 |
| 1953 | — | — | 129 | #630 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,297 | 122 | #637 |
| 1951 | — | — | 112 | #663 |
| 1950 | — | — | 120 | #632 |
| 1949 | — | — | 119 | #627 |
| 1948 | — | — | 124 | #612 |
| 1947 | — | — | 141 | #571 |
| 1946 | — | — | 129 | #566 |
| 1945 | — | — | 99 | #609 |
| 1944 | — | — | 136 | #523 |
| 1943 | — | — | 127 | #564 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,581 | 117 | #574 |
| 1941 | — | — | 98 | #608 |
| 1940 | — | — | 111 | #563 |
| 1939 | — | — | 97 | #586 |
| 1938 | — | — | 116 | #542 |
| 1937 | — | — | 124 | #519 |
| 1936 | — | — | 119 | #522 |
| 1935 | — | — | 147 | #469 |
| 1934 | — | — | 133 | #500 |
| 1933 | — | — | 105 | #562 |
| 1932 | — | — | 84 | #667 |
| 1931 | — | — | 67 | #767 |
| 1930 | — | — | 92 | #642 |
| 1929 | — | — | 76 | #719 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #869 |
| 1927 | — | — | 52 | #976 |
| 1926 | — | — | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1925 | — | — | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,452 |
| 1923 | — | — | 28 | #1,415 |
| 1922 | — | — | 30 | #1,363 |
| 1921 | — | — | 28 | #1,443 |
| 1920 | — | — | 27 | #1,455 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1918 | — | — | 20 | #1,761 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,578 |
| 1916 | — | — | 29 | #1,260 |
| 1915 | — | — | 17 | #1,773 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,482 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,242 |
| 1912 | — | — | 18 | #1,133 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #920 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,185 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #949 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,099 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #926 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,102 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #990 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #680 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,116 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,125 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,196 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #728 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,274 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,209 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,089 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,068 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,166 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,235 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #906 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).