Sotiris

Boys' name

Transliteration of Σωτήρης

Sotiris has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2003. 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 2003, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Sotiris, 2017

1 in 715,000

Sotiris over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sotiris: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of Σωτήρης

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sotiris means

Sotiris is a transliteration of Σωτήρης.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Transliteration of Greek Σωτήρης (Sotíris), a male given name used in (modern) Greece.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Sotiris (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Sotiris is used in English.

Sotiris comes through Greek Σωτήρης.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Σωτήρης.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Sotiris between 2003 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2003; its best national rank was #12,498 in 2003.

How common is Sotiris?

Sotiris had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sotiris 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 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sotiris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sotiriss were born

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

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Sotiris 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 2003 (5)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,498; 2003

Spellings of Sotiris

Sotiris is not the most common spelling — Osiris is, with 99.7% against Sotiris's 0.28%.

Osiris99.7%3,592
Sotiris0.28%10

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.

Sotiris around the world

Where Sotiris 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
1996–2023
#4,992
in 2023
South Australia
1953–2011
#784
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sotiris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,498; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 5 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sotiris

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

Amyris Kearis Kamaris Sothea Deboris Tevaris Kavaris Soterios Sotaro Azaris Oziris Ayris Lamaris Lanoris Lenoris Ladaris Peteris Landris Demoris Tovaris Jakaris Denoris Laparis Demeris

Sibling names for Sotiris

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

Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Kayli Iyana Alize

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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