Sonya
7
Babies in 2024
-22%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 30
+133%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Sonya
Sonya peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (30 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 7 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Sonya reached its peak in 1996, when 30 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #753 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 7 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 301 girls have been officially registered with the name Sonya in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 89 girls were registered with the name, starting from 9 in 2014 and ending at 7 in 2024.