Boys' name · since 2024
Soan
Since 2024, U.S. Social Security records show 23 babies named Soan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,584 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Soan currently ranks #13584 among boys' names in America, with 23 babies recorded since 2024.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soan has been recorded 23 times among boys since 2024, currently ranked #13584 nationally and more common than 2% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.
- #27,980 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,584 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soan ranks #27,980 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,584 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,584 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Soan's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Soan compares
23 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Soan's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Soan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Soan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Soan's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 22% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 78%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Soan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Soan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Soan's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Soan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2024–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Soan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.