Soua — unisex name
105 babies named Soua in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Soua was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Soua in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Soua
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Soua between 1980 and 1994, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Soua is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1981.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Soua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Soua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Soua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Soua 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 105 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.
Soua at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Soua popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1980
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
105 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 15 births in a single year.
Soua popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 1981 (Soua as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Soua accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Soua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 58 births that decade — 55% of Soua's all-time total
Soua decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Soua's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Soua by state
Where Soua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 33.3% |
35 of 105 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 33.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 33.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1980–1994 (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.