Sohrab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soh-RAHB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Sohrab is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Sohrab mean?
Persian
In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Sohrab is the young hero tragically slain by his own father, Rostam.
Is Sohrab a girl's or a boy's name?
Sohrab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sohrab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sohrab, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sohrab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. 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.
Sohrab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Sohrab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Musab, Ahmed, Zayaan, Abdullah, Zayan, Sahib, Ibrahim, Zayd, Mustafa, Ayyub
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sohrab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sohrab, updated 20 October 2026.