Sovann

Boys' name

Gold

Sovann has been given to 58 babies in the U.S. since 2005. 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 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Sovann, 2024

1 in 478,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sovann: meaning, origin, and history

Gold

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sovann means

Sovann means “gold”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sovann is used in Khmer.

Another recorded pronunciation is /so.ˈʋan/ for Sovann.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 58 boys were recorded with the name Sovann between 2005 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #10,734 in 2007.

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 Sovann?

Sovann had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 246,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sovann 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 2024 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sovann. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sovanns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sovann was born before 2010 — so the typical Sovann is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 58; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Sovann 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 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,734; 2007

Spellings of Sovann

Sovann is not the most common spelling — Jovan is, with 21.6% against Sovann's 0.13%.

Jovan21.6%9,984
Jovani15.9%7,355
Jovanni14.8%6,835
Jovanny10.5%4,874
Johann10.5%4,869
Jovany10.1%4,679
Yovani4.5%2,091
Vann4.5%2,057

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.

Sovann around the world

Where Sovann 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
2022–2022
#4,790
in 2022
France
1980–2025
#1,511
in 2025
South Australia
1981–1981
#425
in 1981

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.

Sovann 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: #10,734; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 58
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sovann

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

Tylann Rylann Tywann Ethann Juwann Alann Lachlann Yohann Adriann Dylann Giann Bryann Jovann Eliann Rashann Jordann Sovereign Tyrann Kiann Ivann Maryann Giovann Dequann Logann

Sibling names for Sovann

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

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Marin

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Brandt Nevin Ean Davian Isai

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