Soteria

Girls' name

Salvation, deliverance

Soteria has been given to 63 babies in the U.S. since 1998. 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 2002, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Soteria, 2023

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Soteria: meaning, origin, and history

Salvation, deliverance

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Soteria means

Soteria means “salvation, deliverance”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Soteria is used in Ancient Greek and Greek Mythology.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 63 girls were recorded with the name Soteria between 1998 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2002; its best national rank was #12,046 in 2002.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Soteria?

Soteria had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Soteria 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 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Soteria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Soterias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Soteria was born before 2004 — so the typical Soteria is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 88.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 63; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Soteria 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 2002 (8)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 4.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,046; 2002

Spellings of Soteria

Soteria is not the most common spelling — Otelia is, with 47.7% against Soteria's 2.5%.

Otelia47.7%1,184
Sheria26.3%654
Teria23.4%582
Soteria2.5%63

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.

Soteria around the world

Where Soteria 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
2023–2025
#4,867
in 2025

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

Soteria 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: #12,046; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 8 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 63
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Soteria

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

Sotiria Lunaria Zymeria Ahzaria Samiria Estoria Alleria Zaharia Honoria Azzaria Astaria Kazaria Samyria Javeria Dezaria Ellaria Kemaria Ezaria Khamaria Zyaria Illyria Kameria Eretria Astria

Sibling names for Soteria

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

Iyana Alize Lisbeth Vanesa Kaiya Anastacia Delanie Magaly

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Alexandre Jaylon Jaylin

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