Sok
Sok is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
- Khmer
Meaning & Origin of Sok
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sok is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Khmer
The Story of Sok
As a girl name
Sok first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 8 births, good for #7,469 nationwide. Sok last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Sok first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1985: 10 births, good for #4,051 nationwide. About 82% of every Sok on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Sok last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Sok
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sok. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Sok
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sok is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sock
- Soc
- Soch
- Socke
- Socc
- Saak
- Salk
- Sauk
- Sack
- Sake
- Sec
- Psych
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sok
Sok is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 28 births in the dataset. Sok's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #4,051. Use the chart and map above to compare Sok'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.