Sothea — boys' name
18 babies named Sothea in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sothea was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sothea in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sothea
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Sothea between 1987 and 1989, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sothea currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sothea is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 8 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sothea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sothea 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 18 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.
Sothea at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sothea popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
18 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 7 births in a single year.
Sothea popularity over time — girls
8 total births recorded since 1986 (Sothea as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Sothea accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sothea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 100% of Sothea's all-time total
Sothea decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sothea's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–1989 (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.