girls:
8 births since 1986
#5708 (0th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 1987
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
26 births since 1986
#7713 (0th percentile)
The name Sothea is the #7,713 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 26 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,708 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 1986.
Sothea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Sothea is available in 4 out of the 4 years between 1986 and 1989 (3 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Sothea has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.2% of all recorded births). In 1989, 100.0% of babies named Sothea were boys. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1986 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1987 to 1989).
For boys, Sothea reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
For girls, Sothea reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #811) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sothea".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sothea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.6% confident that Sothea is pronounced as SOH-thee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is soh-THEE-uh, at 25.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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