Sohail
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- so-HAYL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Sohail is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the star Canopus”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Sohail mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Suhayl
“the star Canopus”
Suhayl is the Arabic name of Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.
Is Sohail a girl's or a boy's name?
Sohail is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sohail in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sohail, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 83 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sohail in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sohail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 33 | #880 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 32 | #832 |
| 2004 | 40 | #665 |
| 2003 | 45 | #571 |
| 2002 | 35 | #625 |
| 2001 | 58 | #437 |
| 2000 | 66 | #396 |
| 1999 | 67 | #380 |
| 1998 | 62 | #404 |
| 1997 | 58 | #424 |
| 1996 | 83 | #324 |
How popular is Sohail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Sohail, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Sohail in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sohail in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Sohail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Saif Umar Hassan Musa Mustafa Fahad Amir Zayd
Names related to Sohail
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sohail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sohail, updated 20 October 2026.