Sosa

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sosa by the numbers

Sosa was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Sosa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sosa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Somabody or moon in vedic tradition16 in the US (2017)
  • Sotaknave in playing cards10 in the US (2017)
  • Solaalone or sole9 in the US (2017)
  • Sora103 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sosa

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