Sohrab — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sohrab

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Sohrab between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sohrab currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sohrab performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sohrab shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sohrab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sohrab 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 85 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.