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Sonny

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Son. A nickname and given name.
Son; a nickname and given name

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sonny

Pronunciation

s(on)-ny

Famous People

Actor and politician Sonny Bono

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #298, 1,137 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2645, 66 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2998, 55 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,13755
20241,03462
202392866
202272549
202158853
202052648
201941737
201838233
201730330
201626818

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #45, 1,137 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #4709, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251,137–
20241,0223
20239554
2022825–
2021762–
2020699–
2019620–
2018640–
2017555–
2016563–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1994 (rank #238, 182 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1762, 16 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1976 (rank #1663, 5 births); most recent 1989 (rank #2456, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202316–
202218–
202117–
202024–
201921–
201828–
201724–
201632–
201531–
201434–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #29, 171 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025171
2024147
2023130
2022125
2021121
202077
201965
201858
201731
201651

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #26, 137 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025137
2024100
2023127
2022102
202183
202090
201996
201858
201770
201663

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #52, 41 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
202541
202432
202325
202225
202128
202018
201916
201816
201718
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #398, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #493, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20236
20229
20216
20206
2019–
20185
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence