Sokha — unisex name
55 babies named Sokha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sokha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Sokha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sokha
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Sokha between 1981 and 1989, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sokha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Sokha is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 27 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sokha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sokha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sokha 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 55 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.
Sokha at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sokha popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
55 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 11 births in a single year.
Sokha popularity over time — boys
27 total births recorded since 1982 (Sokha as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Sokha accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sokha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 55 births that decade — 100% of Sokha's all-time total
Sokha decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sokha's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sokha by state
Where Sokha concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 18.2% |
10 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.