Sonny

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sonny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sonny: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #28, reached in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
83times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#28highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sonny's record

England and Wales registered 1,022 births with the name in 2024, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2023–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #28 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #40 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #237 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #28 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2001–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #40 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Sonny appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 15,028 births with the name.

Sonny across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sonny's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#237 (1996)	#51 (2024)	#51 (2024)	29 of 29	15,028 (1996–2024)	1,022 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#28 (2025)	#28 (2025)	24 of 25	1,164 (2001–2025)	171 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#257 (2006)	#74 (2024)	#74 (2024)	18 of 19	254 (2006–2024)	32 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (2016)	#40 (2025)	#40 (2025)	9 of 10	1,207 (2016–2025)	161 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#4709 (2023)	#4709 (2023)	#5891 (2024)	2 of 2	7 (2023–2024)	4 (2023)

Sonny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sonny in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	571	4 of 10	143
2000s	4,042	10 of 10	404
2010s	6,152	10 of 10	615
2020sbusiest	4,263	5 of 10	853

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 853 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 134, from 285 to 419.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sonny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #28 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Sonny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#51	1,022	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#56	955	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#69	825	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#75	762	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#81	699	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#103	620	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#99	640	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#114	555	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#116	563	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#97	670	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#95	640	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#100	630	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#90	686	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#108	590	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#111	558	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#108	560	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#108	552	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#103	580	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#112	503	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#114	484	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#126	419	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#157	285	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#156	252	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#165	214	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#179	193	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#226	135	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#203	160	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#217	149	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#237	127	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#74	32	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#98	25	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#101	25	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#99	28	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#139	18	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#153	16	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#151	16	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#145	19	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#28	171	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	147	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	130	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	125	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	121	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	77	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	65	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	58	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	31	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	51	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	25	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	29	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	29	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	18	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#44	100	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #28, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,022 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sonnie · #415, 30y
Sonya · #69, 60y
Sophia · #4, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lottie · #28, 30y
Indie · #29, 28y
Arabella · #30, 30y
Hallie · #31, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Asher · #28, 30y
Lottie · #28, 30y
Abbie · #27, 33y
Brandon · #27, 34y

Sonny was ranked #28 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sonny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sonny without appearing here.

Sonny moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #188 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #114 and #471.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #601 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #404 and #701.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #404 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #322 and #611.
Marius Compare
In 2009 they stood at #601 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #322 and #611.

Moved ahead of Sonny

Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #97 and #102 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #116 and #49.
Theodore Compare
In 2014 they stood at #145 and #184 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #259 and #211.
Luca Compare
In 1998 they stood at #203 and #208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #226 and #179.
Albie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #97 and #107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #116 and #88.

Moved the opposite way to Sonny

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Sonny

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sonny went from #237 to #51 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #28 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sonny

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Sonny across 5 official records

Sonny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Sonny across 5 official records

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