Girls' name · since 1982
Sotheary
Sotheary has 20 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sotheary is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1982.
Sotheary has 20 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1988.
- #46,232 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sotheary ranks #46,232 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sotheary's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sotheary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sotheary's full recorded timeline at 1986, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sotheary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Sotheary by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Sotheary's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sotheary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
Sotheary by state
Where Sotheary concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 35.0% |
7 of 20 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Sothearys (7 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 Sotheary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1982–1988 (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 Sotheary 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.