Sohum — #7444 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sohum

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Sohum between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sohum currently holds the #7444 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sohum performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sohum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sohum in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sohum 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 565 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.