Sokhna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOKH-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Sokhna is a girls' name, meaning “lady”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Sokhna mean?
Wolof (Senegal) title for a respected woman
“lady”
In Senegal Sokhna is a respectful title for a woman, especially one from a religious family.
Is Sokhna a girl's or a boy's name?
Sokhna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sokhna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Sokhna, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sokhna than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Sokhna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
How popular is Sokhna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Sokhna, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Sokhna in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sokhna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Sokhna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Arya, Yusra, Saanvi, Anaya, Raya, Hana, Safa, Shreeja, Pippa, River, Saanvika
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, “Sokhna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sokhna, updated 20 October 2026.