Soham — #5328 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Soham

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,048 babies named Soham between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Soham currently holds the #5328 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Soham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 449 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Soham shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 188 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Soham in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Soham in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,048 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.