Sobhan
Chittajalu Sobhan was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Telugu films. He was best known for his film Varsham (2004).
Meaning & Origin of Sobhan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chittajalu Sobhan was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Telugu films. He was best known for his film Varsham (2004).
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The Story of Sobhan
Sobhan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2017, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 7 births, good for #9,752 nationwide. About 64% of every Sobhan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Sobhan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sobhan
Sobhan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2017 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Sobhan's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #9,752. Use the chart and map above to compare Sobhan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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