Sotero — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sotero

The Social Security Administration has registered 786 babies named Sotero between 1912 and 2019, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sotero currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sotero performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sotero shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sotero in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sotero 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 786 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.