Sohini

Girls' name

Transliteration of স

Sohini has been given to 46 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Sohini, 2013

1 in 608,000

Sohini over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sohini: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of স

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sohini means

Sohini is a transliteration of স.

Origin, language, and formation

Sohini is used in English.

Sohini comes through Bengali সোহিনী.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include স.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 46 girls were recorded with the name Sohini between 1996 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2001; its best national rank was #13,294 in 2001.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sohini?

Sohini had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 608,000; 6 of 3,645,938 births
Among girls only: 1 in 292,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 421,196 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sohini sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 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 421,196 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sohini. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sohinis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sohini was born before 2003 — so the typical Sohini is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 65.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 46; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 65.2% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Sohini 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2001 (7)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,294; 2001

Spellings of Sohini

Sohini is not the most common spelling — Shani is, with 74.3% against Sohini's 0.76%.

Shani74.3%4,525
Suhani16.1%980
Sonni8.8%536
Sohini0.76%46

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.

Sohini around the world

Where Sohini 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
1997–1997
#3,824
in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sohini by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,294; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 7 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 46
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sohini

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

Sohani Sohana Sohanny Eirini Soheila Aarini Sohee Aadhini Seini Tarini Damini Cabrini Sohpia Makini Yamini Soyini Yalini Remini Elaini Rahini Hamsini Kamini Sohaila Maleini

Sibling names for Sohini

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

For a sister

Magaly Nyah Lesli Nya Alysa Danae Joana Madisen

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

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