Boys' name · since 1987
Soane
25 babies named Soane in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Soane is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 1987.
Soane has 25 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2014.
- #27,372 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soane ranks #27,372 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Soane's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Soane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Soane's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Soane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
25 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 9 births in a single year.
Soane by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (9 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Soane's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Soane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 9 births (36% of all-time use).
Soane decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Soane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1987–2014 (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 Soane 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.
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