girls:
361 births since 1989
#5355 (6th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1984
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
366 births since 1984
#7373 (5th percentile)
The name Soriya is the #7,373 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 366 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,355 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 361 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1984.
Soriya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Soriya is available in 27 out of the 40 years between 1984 and 2023 (26 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Soriya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1984 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1989 to 2023).
For girls, Soriya reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #923) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Soriya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #929 (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million.
For boys, Soriya reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #688) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1984.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Soriya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Soriya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Soriya is pronounced as saw-REE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAW-ree-uh, at 34.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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