Sovereign — #5390 US boys' name
152 babies named Sovereign in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Sovereign was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Sovereign in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sovereign
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Sovereign between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sovereign currently holds the #5390 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Sovereign is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 140 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sovereign performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sovereign shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sovereign 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 152 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.
Sovereign at a glance
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Current rank
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Sovereign popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2022)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #5390 among boys.
152 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 21 births in a single year.
Sovereign popularity over time — girls
140 total births recorded since 2009 (Sovereign as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Sovereign accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sovereign by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 78 births that decade — 51% of Sovereign's all-time total
Sovereign decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Sovereign's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2005–2024 (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.