Unisex name · since 1981
Sopheap
80 babies named Sopheap in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sopheap sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1981.
Sopheap has 80 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1992.
- #29,672 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sopheap ranks #29,672 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sopheap's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sopheap's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sopheap's full recorded timeline at 1986, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sopheap popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1992
- Peak year (1986)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Sopheap popularity over time - boys
46 total births recorded since 1983 (Sopheap as boys' name)
Sopheap by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (70 births, 88% of the file).
1980s was Sopheap's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Sopheap births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 70 births (88% of all-time use).
Sopheap by state
Where Sopheap concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 6.3% |
8 of 80 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sopheap's data
- Sopheap's decade-level peak was the 1980s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sopheaps (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sopheap: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sopheap draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.