Sostenes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sostenes

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Sostenes between 1919 and 1997, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sostenes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sostenes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sostenes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sostenes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sostenes 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 122 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.