Sohan
Masculine · “charming”
Sohan is a Hindi and Punjabi word for someone charming or good-looking, and it is built on a Sanskrit root about shining.
How old is the name Sohan?
Sohan first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Sohan alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 900 people named Sohan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sohan most popular?
Sohan peaked in 2008, reaching #2062 nationally. Today it ranks #3848, 1,786 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shobhana to Sohan
The story of Sohan
Sohna is an ordinary word in Punjabi for handsome or lovely and turns up constantly in songs; sohan is the related form used as a name. It has been well used across north India and in Punjabi communities, and Sohan Lal is a familiar compound. It reaches American and British records with Punjabi and Hindi-speaking families.
Meaningscholars disagree
charming, handsome
Generally read from Sanskrit shobhana, splendid or beautiful, developed in Hindi and Punjabi as sohan or sohna. A separate reading connects it to a word for one who withstands. The first is the better supported of the two.
How the name formed
- shobhana
- Sohan
Related forms: Sohan · Sohan · Shobhana
Pronouncing Sohan
SOH-han
Two syllables, first stressed. The h is fully sounded.
Nicknames for Sohan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 200867 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2062reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +3.7%28 in 2025, from 27
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.
Sohan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sohan in Hindi — transliteration
- Sohan in Punjabi — same name
- Shobhana in Sanskrit — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Illinois, New York. 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
Sohans among us
people named Sohan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 61,003 born in 2025 was named Sohan
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 Fredrich test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sohan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Fredrich climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Fredrich's path sketches the road Sohan is walking now.
Sohan 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
Where Sohan is headed
Sohan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sohan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sohan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A meaning drawn from a living everyday word rather than a dictionary.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- The h in the middle is swallowed by English speakers.
- Sohan, Sohail and Rohan are all close in an English ear.
- The second reading, about withstanding, means something quite different.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sohans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Sohan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sohan in 2025?
- Sohan ranks #3848 among US boy names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sohan?
- About 1 in every 61,003 US boys born in 2025 was named Sohan — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sohan with classmates?
- Sohan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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