NameTides

Sonny

Sonny was the #298 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,137 babies), and #45 in England & Wales and #328 in Canada.

Sonny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sonny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Sonny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#298 (1,137)#45 (1,137)#26 (137)#52 (41)#28 (171)#328 (101)#40 (161)#43 (140)
2024#336 (1,037)#51 (1,022)#44 (100)#74 (32)#38 (147)#342 (95)#53 (139)#40 (150)
2023#354 (929)#56 (955)#31 (127)#98 (25)#43 (130)#346 (87)#50 (152)#39 (144)
2022#428 (725)#69 (825)#47 (102)#101 (25)#50 (125)#530 (52)#47 (152)#51 (117)
2021#498 (589)#75 (762)#66 (83)#99 (28)#54 (121)#428 (69)#54 (161)#46 (141)
2020#534 (527)#81 (699)#55 (90)#139 (18)#81 (77)#540 (48)#67 (128)#66 (110)
2019#644 (417)#103 (620)#61 (96)#153 (16)#103 (65)#607 (44)#89 (101)#87 (92)
2018#661 (382)#99 (640)#104 (58)#151 (16)#114 (58)#609 (43)#85 (109)#81 (81)
2017#773 (303)#114 (555)#85 (70)#147 (18)#188 (31)#764 (32)—#78 (88)
2016#842 (268)#116 (563)#108 (63)#281 (6)#130 (51)#757 (33)#93 (104)#84 (77)
2015#822 (275)#97 (670)#91 (72)#259 (7)#221 (25)#1,041 (20)——
2014#888 (243)#95 (640)#122 (51)#145 (19)#231 (24)#806 (29)——
2013#845 (252)#100 (630)#130 (46)#208 (10)#202 (29)#784 (30)——
2012#925 (222)#90 (686)#108 (61)#311 (5)#202 (29)#904 (24)——
2011#889 (232)#108 (590)#155 (39)#218 (9)#272 (18)#762 (30)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #298.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 240common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 200common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sonny is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sonny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #244WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #246WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #218MNIllinois: #239ILMichigan: #307MINew York: #252NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #236OHPennsylvania: #230PANew Jersey: #305NJConnecticut: #238CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #255CAUtah: #214UTColorado: #293CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #218MOKentucky: #295KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #232AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #424TXFlorida: #356FL
Sonny (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30644
Quebec2025#6236

Sonny (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SonnyCanadaBoys#328101
SonnyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SonnyEngland & WalesBoys#451,137
SonnyIrelandBoys#28171
SonnyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SonnyNorthern IrelandBoys#5241
SonnyNSWBoys#40161
SonnyScotlandBoys#26137
SonnyUSGirls#2,99855
SonnyUSBoys#2981,137
SonnyVICBoys#43140