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Soham

#4,123 in 2025Boys' name

It + I am, through सोहम

Soham has been given to 1,074 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #4,123 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 69 recorded.

Babies named Soham, 2025

1 in 128,000

Soham over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Soham: meaning, origin, and history

It + I am, through सोहम

Sanskrit

What Soham means

Soham belongs to the name family reached through Soham → सोहम → सोऽहम्. Its meaning is “it + I am”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Transliteration of Hindi सोहम (soham) or Bengali সোহম (śōhom).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Soham (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Soham is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Soham comes through Hindi सोहम and Bengali সোহম.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include स, सोहम and सोऽहम्.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,074 boys were recorded with the name Soham between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 69 in 2010; its best national rank was #2,001 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,935 in 2020 to #4,123 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,501 in 2015 to #4,123 in 2025.

How common is Soham?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,123
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Soham sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Soham. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sohams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Soham was born before 2010 — so the typical Soham is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,074
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (449).

Is Soham rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,283
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,812
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−622
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.7%
Peak was 2010 (69)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,001
2010

Spellings of Soham

Soham is not the most common spelling — Sam is, with 68.2% against Soham's 0.58%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Soham is used

Across 1910–2025, Soham was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 189,456 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Soham has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Soham around the world

Where Soham ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • France
    1998–2025
    #3,699
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Soham by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,123
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,812
Best rank ever
#2,001
2010
Peak year
2010
69 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,074
Count in 2025
26

Names similar to Soham

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SohanSohumAdhamSohailArhamSohaibAyhamHishamJothamLathamIshamSohrabDurhamSohilGauthamElhamPrathamHaithamHaythamBrighamShubhamHeshamLihamEtham

Sibling names for Soham

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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