Recorded 1977–2022 Girls' name Peak 1988 155 births

Sosha — girls' name

155 babies named Sosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s461990s732000s252020s5
1990s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Sosha was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

19 babies were named Sosha in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sosha

The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Sosha between 1977 and 2022, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sosha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sosha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sosha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sosha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sosha 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 155 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.

Sosha at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

155

Since 1977

46 years of records

Peak year

1988

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1977

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2022

Sosha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1977

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1988)
19
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
05101520 2022200119961993199019871977 6

Sosha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
73 births that decade — 47% of Sosha's all-time total
1970s61980s461990s732000s252020s5

Sosha by state

Where Sosha concentrates geographically — total births since 1977

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sosha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
8 5.2%
New York share of Sosha's total US births 5.2%

8 of 155 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sosha?
155 babies have been named Sosha since 1977. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1988 with 19 births.
When was Sosha most popular?
Sosha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Sosha most popular?
The top states for the name Sosha are New York (8 births).
How long has the name Sosha been used?
Sosha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 46 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Sosha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sosie, Sosefina, Sosi, Sossity, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1977–2022 (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.