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Sojourner

#16,944 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

Sojourner has been given to 184 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #16,944 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1973, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Sojourner, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sojourner over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sojourner: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

English

What Sojourner means

Sojourner is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sojourner is used in English. Its origins include English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Sojourner is pronounced /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚnɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 184 girls were recorded with the name Sojourner between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1973; its best national rank was #5,147 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #14,871 in 2020 to #16,944 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,756 in 2015 to #16,944 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sojourner?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,944
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sojourner 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 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sojourner. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sojourners were born

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

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
51.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
184
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Choose a decade

2010s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Sojourner 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,073
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,812
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 1973 (11)
Years since peak
52
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,147
1973

Sojourner by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,944
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,073
Best rank ever
#5,147
1973
Peak year
1973
11 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
184
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Sojourner

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

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Sibling names for Sojourner

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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