How many Soans are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Soan are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

How popular is the name Soan in 2025?

Soan ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Soan?

About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Soan — 5 in all.

Will my child share the name Soan with classmates?

Soan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Soan

Masculine

#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rareCharts in 1 more country5 boys in 2025

Soan entered the US charts in 2024, peaked at #5241 in 2024, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Soan?

Soan first appears in US birth records in 2024 — 1 years ago. Soan is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Soans are still in diapers. Fewer than a hundred people named Soan are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

When was the name Soan most popular?

Soan peaked in 2024, reaching #5241 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 6,767 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

First recorded: 2024
Most boys named: 202418 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #5241reached in 2024
Change vs 2024: −72.2%5 in 2025, from 18

Soan sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 18 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Soan in other languages

France · ~755 babies, 2025#81

INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources

Soans among us

Fewer than a hundred people named Soan are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Soan

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Ceejay test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Soan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ceejay climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ceejay's path sketches the road Soan is walking now.

40%chance Soan will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Soan today is about where Ceejay stood in 2005 — 1 year past a #5246-sized peak. By 2020, Ceejay had settled around #7559.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Soan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Soan beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Soan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Soanthis name5#12008Garfield5#12008Chas5#12008Lew5#12008Barney5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

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How many Soans are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Soan are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
How popular is the name Soan in 2025?: Soan ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Soan?: About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Soan — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Soan with classmates?: Soan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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