Sonny
A boys’ name of Modern American origin, meaning son; term of endearment for a boy.
Babies a year
1,137
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#298
up from #335
UK popularity
#45
1,137 babies · up from #51
How Sonny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #824 |
| 2016 | #842 |
| 2017 | #776 |
| 2018 | #663 |
| 2019 | #643 |
| 2020 | #540 |
| 2021 | #498 |
| 2022 | #429 |
| 2023 | #354 |
| 2024 | #335 |
| 2025 | #298 |
In 2025, 1,137 babies in England and Wales were named Sonny. In the US, 330 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Sonny was most common in 1975, when it went to 0.02% of American babies of that sex.
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