Soham
Boy · Sanskrit
Soham is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Soham mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Soham a girl's or a boy's name?
Soham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Soham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Soham, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Soham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Soham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Soham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Soham, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Soham in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
Names like Soham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Hamza Ibrahim Ahmed Abdullah Arham Zayd Zayan Umar Mustafa Zayaan
Names related to Soham
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya