Sohan
Sohan is a village and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil, and is located at 33°3'25N 73°26'30E with an altitude of 303 metres (997 feet). Most of the population belong to the Panhwar Sohlan Rajputs.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Sohan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sohan is a village and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil, and is located at 33°3'25N 73°26'30E with an altitude of 303 metres (997 feet). Most of the population belong to the Panhwar Sohlan Rajputs.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Sohan
Sohan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 67 births, good for #2,062 nationwide. About 42% of every Sohan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sohan ranks #4,666 for baby boys with 22 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 947 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sohan
Sohan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 947 births in the dataset. Sohan's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #2,062. Use the chart and map above to compare Sohan'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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