first name
SONNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,433 people named Sonny, 44.3% reported their origin as White, 20.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 94.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sonny peaked in 2025, when 1,192 babies got the name.
At least 23,356 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sonny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #731. The largest share of babies named Sonny, 32.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sonny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sonny has been most common in California (2.2×), Arizona (2.2×), and Hawaii (2×), and least common in Kansas (0.25×).
16,685 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sonny
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sonny, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sonny ranks #76,719 of 156,621, with 270 people. See Sonny as a last name
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