Girls' name · since 1943
Soundra
153 babies named Soundra in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
Soundra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 153 recorded since 1943.
Soundra has 153 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1970.
- #22,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1943
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soundra ranks #22,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1943, peaking in the 1940s.
- #22,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
Soundra's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Soundra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Soundra splits its recorded history at 1953: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1944 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Soundra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1970
- Peak year (1944)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Soundra by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (75 births, 49% of the file).
1940s was Soundra's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Soundra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s
1950s
35 births
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 75 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Soundra's decade-level peak was the 1940s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Soundra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 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, 1943–1970 (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 Soundra 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.