Name meaning & stats
Sonja
Sonja means “wisdom”. 36,078 US babies since 1940, peak 1967.
What it means
“wisdom”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1967
36,078 US babies were named Sonja between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sonja (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Sonja is the main spelling
- Sonja 97%
- Sonjia 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1967)