Sotero
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- so-TEH-roh
- Origin
- Greek
Sotero is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “saviour”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sotero mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Greek Soter
“saviour”
From Greek soter, 'saviour'; Soter was a pope in the 2nd century and is venerated as a saint.
Is Sotero a girl's or a boy's name?
Sotero is a boys' name.
How popular is Sotero in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Sotero in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sotero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Sotero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angelo Pedro Peter Joseph Alonzo Philip Thomas Robert William George James Samuel
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Sotero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sotero, updated 20 October 2026.