Sorin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SOR-in
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Sorin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Sorin mean?
Latin: Romanian name, from soare, from Latin sol
“sun”
A Romanian name built on soare, 'sun'.
Is Sorin a girl's or a boy's name?
Sorin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sorin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Sorin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sorin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were given Sorin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #693, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Soren 44
- Sorin 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Sorin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Sorin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Sorin, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Sorin of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Sorin in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 774 boys in the US were given Sorin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #421, up from #2,390 for this spelling alone.
Sorin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Sorin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Remy Rowan Yusuf Hudson Macsen Albie Jaxon Yunus Zion Jenson Ayaan
Other spellings of Sorin
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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, “Sorin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sorin, updated 20 October 2026.