Socrates
Boy · Greek
Socrates is a boys' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Socrates mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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Is Socrates a girl's or a boy's name?
Socrates is a boys' name.
How popular is Socrates in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Socrates in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Socrates in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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