Unisex name · since 2005
Sovereign
Sovereign has 163 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,519 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sovereign is the #7519 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 163 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Sovereign recorded 163 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #7519 nationally today, ahead of 46% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #14,230 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,519 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 163 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sovereign ranks #14,230 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,519 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 163 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,519 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sovereign's 163 recorded births place it above 68.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sovereign compares
163 34th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sovereign's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sovereign | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 163 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sovereign's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sovereign's full recorded timeline at 2019, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sovereign popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Sovereign popularity over time - girls
157 total births recorded since 2009 (Sovereign as girls' name)
Sovereign by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Sovereign's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Sovereign births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sovereign: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Sovereign 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.