Boys' name · since 1975
Sohail
478 babies named Sohail in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sohail currently ranks #6231 among boys' names in America, with 478 babies recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Sohail recorded 478 times among boys since 1975, holding rank #6231 nationally today, ahead of 55% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #8,130 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,231 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 478 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sohail ranks #8,130 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,231 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 478 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sohail's 478 recorded births place it above 82.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sohail compares
478 Top 45% higher than 55% of 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
Sohail's all-time total is 30% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sohail | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 478 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sohail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sohail splits its recorded history at 2002: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sohail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Sohail by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Sohail's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Sohail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (24% of all-time use).
Sohail by state
Where Sohail concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
26 of 478 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sohail's data
- Sohail's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sohails (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sohail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Sohail 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.