Sohail
Sohail is a name with a single cultural origin: Urdu.
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Sohail
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sohail is a name with a single cultural origin: Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
The Story of Sohail
Sohail first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 19 births, good for #4,934 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Sohails. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,994 among baby boy names with 15 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). In total, more than 492 Sohails have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sohail
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About the name Sohail
Sohail is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 492 births in the dataset. Sohail's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #3,916. Use the chart and map above to compare Sohail'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.