Sokha
A sokha is a light wooden ard, consisting of two body ards, with their parallel beams forming the two shafts for a single horse-drawn tillage implement with two socket shares (рассоха). In later types, the double body is combined into one wooden board.
- Khmer
Meaning & Origin of Sokha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A sokha is a light wooden ard, consisting of two body ards, with their parallel beams forming the two shafts for a single horse-drawn tillage implement with two socket shares (рассоха). In later types, the double body is combined into one wooden board.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Khmer
Origin & history
The Story of Sokha
As a girl name
Sokha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 11 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 11 births, good for #5,885 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1989 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 55 Sokhas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Sokha as a boy name dates back to 1982, when 5 babies received it. 1987 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Sokha — #5,459 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1987 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 27 Sokhas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sokha
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About the name Sokha
Sokha is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Sokha's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #5,885. Use the chart and map above to compare Sokha'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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