Girls' name · since 1977
Sosha
Sosha has 155 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sosha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 155 recorded since 1977.
Sosha has 155 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2022.
- #22,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sosha ranks #22,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sosha's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Sosha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sosha splits its recorded history at 1994: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2022
- Peak year (1988)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Sosha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (73 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Sosha's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Sosha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 73 births (47% of all-time use).
Sosha by state
Where Sosha concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8 | 5.2% |
8 of 155 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sosha's data
- Sosha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Soshas (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sosha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1977–2022 (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 Sosha 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.