Boys' name · since 1999
Sofian
Sofian has 82 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,759 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
82 boys have been named Sofian since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sofian has 82 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #18,759 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 82 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sofian ranks #18,759 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,759 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sofian's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sofian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sofian's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sofian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Sofian by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (30 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Sofian's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Sofian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 30 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Sofian's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sofian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Sofian 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.