Sorina

Girls' name

Feminine form of Sorin

Sorina has been given to 149 babies in the U.S. since 1968. 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 1968, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Sorina, 2020

1 in 477,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sorina: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Sorin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sorina means

Sorina is a feminine form of Sorin.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sorina is used in Romanian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /so.ˈri.na/ for Sorina.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Sorina → Sorin. The family’s proposed meaning is “sun”, recorded in Romanian with the source elements soare.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sorin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Romanian, Sorina is pronounced [soˈri.na].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 149 girls were recorded with the name Sorina between 1968 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1968; its best national rank was #4,192 in 1968.

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 Sorina?

Sorina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 477,000; 7 of 3,342,313 births
Among girls only: 1 in 231,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 330,960 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sorina 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 2020 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 330,960 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sorina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sorinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sorina was born before 1997 — so the typical Sorina is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 24.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 149; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 24.2% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Sorina 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 1968 (12)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,192; 1968

Spellings of Sorina

Sorina is not the most common spelling — Sofia is, with 20.5% against Sorina's 0.02%.

Sofia20.5%186,744
Sabrina15.7%142,601
Sonia7.3%66,747
Karina6.7%61,464
Serena5.2%47,450
Lorena4.9%44,960
Marina4.3%39,514
Trina3.6%32,568

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.

Sorina around the world

Where Sorina 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
2010–2021
#5,581
in 2021
France
2002–2024
#3,926
in 2024
South Australia
1974–2013
#818
in 2013

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

Sorina 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: #4,192; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 12 that year
First recorded: 1968
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 149
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sorina

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

Sorrel Sorcha Soraiya Soriya Soriah Soriyah Sorelle Sorayah Milina Yelina Nalina Mubina Valina Yalina Soraia Navina Yasina Yamina Kamina Solina Ravina Aalina Zorina Verina

Sibling names for Sorina

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

Nichelle Aretha Brigette Josette Cami Missy Marnie Evette

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd Douglass

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