Sonja
A girls’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning wise; a form of sonya or sonia.
Babies a year
68
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Sonja by the numbers
Sonja was given to 68 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,337 babies in 1968, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sonja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Sonja, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sagewise one1,669 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sonja
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