Boys' name · since 1997
Sota
214 babies named Sota in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,547 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,008 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sota currently ranks #6008 among boys' names in America, with 214 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sota has been recorded 214 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #6008 nationally and more common than 57% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #12,547 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,008 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sota ranks #12,547 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,008 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 214 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,547 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,008 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sota's 214 recorded births place it above 72.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sota compares
214 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sota's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sota | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sota's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sota's full recorded timeline at 2014, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Sota by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Sota's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sota births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (51% of all-time use).
Sota by state
Where Sota concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 10.3% |
22 of 214 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sota's data
- Sota's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sotas (22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Sota: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Sota 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.