Sophal — boys' name
37 babies named Sophal in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sophal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sophal in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sophal
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Sophal between 1984 and 1989, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sophal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sophal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. 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 Sophal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sophal 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 37 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.
Sophal at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sophal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1984
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
37 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 8 births in a single year.
Sophal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 37 births that decade — 100% of Sophal's all-time total
Sophal decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sophal's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sophal by state
Where Sophal concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 13.5% |
5 of 37 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.5% 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, 1984–1989 (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.