Sonny
Sonny is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
Sonny · Sonný
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Denmark, Sweden
- Also spelled
- Sonný
- US records 1880–2017
- 16,576 male / 626 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sonny
If you do not know Sonny’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sonny,” in English, “Guten Tag Sonny,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Sonny,
German
Guten Tag Sonny,
French
Bonjour Sonny,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sonny:
Chinese
Sonny您好：
Japanese
Sonny様
English
Hi Sonny,
German
Hi Sonny,
French
Salut Sonny,
Spanish
Hola Sonny,
Chinese
Sonny你好：
Japanese
Sonnyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
| Denmark | rare | man's name |
| Sweden | rare | man's name |
| Belgium | rare | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
| Iceland | rare | woman's name |
| Malta | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
16,576 male · 626 female · 17,202 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 94.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sonny a male or female name?
Sonny is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Sonny in an email?
If you do not know Sonny’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sonny,” in English, “Guten Tag Sonny,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Sonny a unisex name?
Sonny is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Sonny a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sonny. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sonny,
title = {Is Sonny a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sonny},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}