Soren — #571 US boys' name
10,271 babies named Soren in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Soren was born in this single decade.
562 babies were named Soren in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Soren
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,271 babies named Soren between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Soren currently holds the #571 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 562 babies received it in a single year. Soren is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 641 additional births since 1984.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Soren performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Soren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Soren in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Soren 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 10,271 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.
Soren at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Soren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2020)
- 562
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #571 among boys.
10,271 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 562 births in a single year.
Soren popularity over time — girls
641 total births recorded since 1984 (Soren as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Soren accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Soren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,291 births that decade — 42% of Soren's all-time total
Soren decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,291 births
- Runner-up 2,721 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Soren's strongest decade
4,291 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Soren by state
Where Soren concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,156 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 796 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Washington | | 665 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 490 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 418 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Oregon | | 379 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 322 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Utah | | 316 | 3.1% |
1,156 of 10,271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Minnesota 7.7% of nationwide
- Washington 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Colorado 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Soren appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1912–2024 (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.