girl's name

Sonal

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 668

Sonal is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1982, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Sonal over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

192
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Sonal by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 8
1970s 189
1980s 192
1990s 118
2000s 68
2010s (to 2012) 17

How popular is Sonal?

In 2012, Sonal was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sonal is used

Canada #3,654 5 in 2009
England & Wales #6,536 3 in 2007
United States #16,359 6 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sonal

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sonal also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sonal over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sonal

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sonal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sonal

How popular is the name Sonal?

In 2012, Sonal was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Sonal a girl's or a boy's name?

Sonal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sonal most popular?

Sonal peaked in 1982, when 33 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.