Sophana — boys' name
14 babies named Sophana in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, 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 Sophana was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sophana in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sophana
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Sophana between 1985 and 1986, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sophana currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sophana is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sophana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 14 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 Sophana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sophana 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 14 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.
Sophana at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sophana popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
14 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 7 births in a single year.
Sophana popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Sophana as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Sophana accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sophana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 14 births that decade — 100% of Sophana's all-time total
Sophana decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sophana's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sophana by state
Where Sophana concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 35.7% |
5 of 14 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 35.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1985–1986 (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.