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Soham

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Soham is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of boys
Peak year
201069 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1992
1,048people given the name
Babies named Soham, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,048 boys have been named Soham in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 69 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 43%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Soham
1990s63
2000s437
2010s449
2020s99

In 2010, its biggest year

Soham was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Soham

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.