Sorin
Masculine · “sun”
Sorin is given to both — 547 boys and 20 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Sorin is Romanian, generally read from soare — the sun — and it is among the most-used Romanian men's names.
How old is the name Sorin?
Sorin first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Sorin is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Sorin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sorin most popular?
Sorin peaked in 2025, reaching #2390 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sol to Sorin
The story of Sorin
Romanian is a Romance language surrounded by Slavic ones, and its naming draws on both; Sorin is generally taken as native, from the word for the sun. It has been among the most-used Romanian boys' names for generations. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
sun
Generally derived from the Romanian soare, 'sun', from the Latin sol. An alternative treats it as a form of the Slavic Sorin or of Sever. The soare reading is the commoner and the Latin behind it is documented; the name's derivation is not firmly established.
How the name formed
- sol
- soare
- Sorin
Related forms: Sorin · Sorina
Pronouncing Sorin
SOR-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. Romanian says so-REEN with the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Sorin
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
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 202557 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2390reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +16.3%57 in 2025, from 49
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.
Sorin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sorin in Romanian — same name
- Sorina in Romanian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Pennsylvania, Michigan.
Sorins among us
people named Sorin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Sorin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sorin
- #2390
- Sorin on the 2025 chart
- #855
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sorin went to 57 boys in 2025, but Soryn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 73, which makes it the 855th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,535 places above the chart.
- Sorin57
- Soryn16
About 1 boy in 23,398 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,966 for Sorin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Igor test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sorin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Igor climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Igor's path sketches the road Sorin is walking now.
Sorin 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 Sorin is headed
Sorin 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.
Sorin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sorin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The sun reading is warm and transparent where it holds.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It is genuinely distinctive in American use.
- The derivation is not firmly established.
- Romanian and English stress it differently.
- It reads as specifically Romanian.
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Masculine · #2390 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Sorins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Sorin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sorin?
- Sorin is the most-used spelling in US records — 57 of the 73 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Soryn.
- How popular is the name Sorin in 2025?
- Sorin ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sorin?
- About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Sorin — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sorin with classmates?
- Sorin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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