Sonja comes from the Greek / Norse tradition, meaning Wisdom, knowledge, skill.
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How popular is Sonja?
1968peak year
Today, Sonja is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2596), with only about 71 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1968, 1,339 babies were given the name (ranked #222 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1960s. Sonja has been declining in recent years. In all, around 39,520 babies have been registered as Sonja since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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