How Many People Are Named Soniya?
An estimated 335 people in the United States have the first name Soniya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Soniya peaked in popularity in 2008 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Soniya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Soniya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
335
About 1 in 1,023,147 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2008
20 births
Total Registered
341
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Soniya
Soniya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 341 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Soniya as a female name
Ranked #14,990 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (20 births)
Soniya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Soniya span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 120 babies were registered. Soniya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Soniya by Decade
How has Soniya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Soniya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Soniya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Soniya
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Soniya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Soniya?
We estimate approximately 335 people named Soniya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,023,147 Americans share this first name.
Is Soniya a common name?
Soniya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 341 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Soniya most popular?
Soniya reached peak popularity in 2008, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Soniya is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Soniya a female name?
Soniya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Soniya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Soniya Smith, Soniya Johnson, Soniya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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