Sou — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sou

The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Sou between 1981 and 1997, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sou currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sou performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sou shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sou in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sou 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 113 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.