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Soren

#464 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Serious, grave, through Søren

Soren has been given to 11,625 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #464 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 665 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Soren, 2025

1 in 4,990

Soren over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Soren over time

In 2025, Soren went to 5% girls and 95% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Soren: meaning, origin, and history

Serious, grave, through Søren

Danish

What Soren means

Soren belongs to the name family reached through Soren → Søren → Severinus. Its meaning is “serious, grave”.

Origin, language, and formation

Soren is used in English. Its origins include Danish.

Soren comes through Danish Søren.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Søren and Severinus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,946 boys were recorded with the name Soren between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 665 in 2025; its best national rank was #464 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #509 in 2020 to #464 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #574 in 2015 to #464 in 2025.

In the United States, 679 girls were recorded with the name Soren between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,726 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,152 in 2020 to #3,894 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,290 in 2015 to #3,894 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 Soren?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 4,990
665 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,570
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#464
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,457 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Soren 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 1002%
School of 50010%

Put another way: gather 3,457 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Soren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sorens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Soren was born before 2015 — so the typical Soren is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,824
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.2% of all recorded uses (4,293).

Is Soren 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
+107
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+45
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+110
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.36×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (665)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#464
2025

Spellings of Soren

Soren is not the most common spelling — Owen is, with 34.5% against Soren's 1.5%.

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 Soren is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Soren was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 565 boys, against 1 in 3,032 across all states with data. It was least common in Alabama (1 in 20,000).

5177 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 565
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 606
  3. 3Montana1 in 621
  4. 4Oregon1 in 847
  5. 5Washington1 in 1,053
  6. 6Utah1 in 1,064
  7. 7Colorado1 in 1,190
  8. 8Alaska1 in 1,408

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.

Geographically, Soren is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 95% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Soren is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Soren was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 857,385 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Soren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Soren around the world

Where Soren 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
    1997–2025
    #822
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2009–2023
    #660
    in 2023
  • France
    1987–2025
    #292
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #399
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1957–2013
    #499
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Soren

People whose public names include Soren, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Soren in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Soren. Linked forms have their own page here.

SørenSzörény

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Soren by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#464
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 45
Best rank ever
#464
2025
Peak year
2025
665 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,946
Count in 2025
665

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,894
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 258
Best rank ever
#3,726
2021
Peak year
2021
41 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
679
Count in 2025
38

Names similar to Soren

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

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Names with a curve like Soren

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Soren, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Soren

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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