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Soren

Boy · SOR-en · Latin

Soren is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “stern, severe”. In 2025 it ranked 820th for boys in the UK (44 babies) and 464th for boys in the US (665 babies).

What does Soren mean?

Latin: Danish form of Severinus

“stern, severe”

The Danish form of Severinus, borne by the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.

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SOR-en

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Is Soren a girl's or a boy's name?

Soren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the UK and 38 girls and 665 boys in the US.

How popular is Soren in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#820among boys
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 6,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were named Soren, making it the 820th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 boys.

2025 had more boys named Soren than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Soren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were given Soren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #693, up from #820 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

1997Busiest: 53 in 20182025
Soren in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202544#820
202432#1,025
202326#1,190
202235#949
202125#1,200
202044#793
201934#951
201853#720
201725#1,197
201642#838
201536#924
201428#1,079
201328#1,069
201232#1,003
201124#1,164
201021#1,288
200929#1,008
200814#1,599
200721#1,205
200617#1,302
200510#1,814
20043#3,792
200310#1,608
20028#1,728
20017#1,833
20004#2,612
19995#2,184
19989#1,446
19974#2,438

How popular is Soren in the US?

Rank in 2025
#464among boys
Babies in 2025
665about 1 in 2,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 665 boys in the US were named Soren, making it the 464th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. It first appears in the records in 1912. 38 girls were also named Soren in 2025 (3,831st for girls).

2025 had the most boys named Soren of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Soren in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 774 boys in the US were given Soren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #421, up from #464 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 665 in 20252025
Soren in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025665#464
2024507#570
2023548#541
2022562#531
2021549#535
2020563#509
2019510#553
2018492#559
2017469#577
2016499#565
2015489#574
2014411#639
2013371#655
2012388#625
2011347#678
2010317#724
2009319#731
2008317#729
2007297#750
2006252#809
2005203#889
2004208#852
2003170#958
2002120#1,172
2001103#1,279
200083#1,475
199991#1,317
199878#1,446
199775#1,435
199660#1,613
199548#1,796
199436#2,214
199345#1,845
199226#2,664
199130#2,338
199031#2,250
198923#2,684
198827#2,250
198718#2,834
198619#2,681
198531#1,865
198420#2,436
198322#2,271
198218#2,595
198128#1,941
198026#2,058
197920#2,378
197828#1,834
197720#2,270
197619#2,328
197526#1,834
197423#1,934
197313#2,714
19729#3,342
197120#2,051
197019#2,057
196912#2,548
196817#1,961
196710#2,610
196610#2,626
19656#3,535
196410#2,664
19638#3,043
19627#3,303
19615#4,063
19600–
19597#3,289
19589#2,816
19578#3,022
19560–
19550–
19547#3,174
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19497#3,018
19485#3,665
19470–
19460–
19450–
19445#3,428
19430–
19420–
19418#2,655
19400–
19390–
19385#3,533
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19338#2,737
19320–
19310–
19306#3,590
19297#3,245
19280–
19275#4,208
192612#2,435
19250–
19247#3,504
19237#3,465
19220–
19216#3,867
19206#3,814
19190–
19187#3,367
19170–
19167#3,176
19150–
19145#3,263
19130–
19129#1,745

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