Sopheap
Sopheap is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
- Khmer
Meaning & Origin of Sopheap
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sopheap 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 Sopheap
As a girl name
Sopheap first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1986: 16 births, good for #4,723 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 88% of all recorded Sopheaps. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1992 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 80 Sopheaps have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Sopheap on the record books as a boy name in 1983, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1983, when 8 Sopheaps were born — ranking #4,499 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 89% of all recorded Sopheaps. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1990 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 46 Sopheaps have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sopheap
Sopheap is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Sopheap's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #4,723. Use the chart and map above to compare Sopheap'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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