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Sonny Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Sonny: every year it appeared on the national list since 1888, with 22,327 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
22,327
Peak year
2025 #298
Years on the list
133
10-year trend
+132.8%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1888–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011232#892
2012222#927
2013252#848
2014243#890
2015275#825
2016268#843
2017303#774
2018382#663
2019417#644
2020527#536
2021589#498
2022725#428
2023929#354
20241,037#336
20251,137#298

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2025

CA
147
TX
81
NY
76
FL
55
OH
53
PA
53

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