Sohan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SOH-hun
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Sohan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “handsome, charming”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Sohan mean?
Sanskrit: Hindi and Bengali form, from Sanskrit shobhana
“handsome, charming”
Used across North India and Bengal; sohan halwa is also a traditional South Asian sweet.
Is Sohan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sohan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sohan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sohan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sohan than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Sohan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sohan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Sohan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Sohan, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Sohan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Sohan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sohan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,178 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Sohan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Musa Muhammad Yahya Rayyan Arjan Aarav Zayan Ishaan Hamza Ibrahim Rayan
Names related to Sohan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Siya Leena Shivansh Veer
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, “Sohan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sohan, updated 20 October 2026.