Sosuke
Sōsuke, Sosuke or Sousuke is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Sōsuke Genda , Japanese professional baseball player Sōsuke Henmi , Japanese swordsman Sosuke Ikematsu , Japanese actor Sōsuke Kaise , Japanese manga artist Sōsuke Namiki , Japanese playwright Sosuke Shibata , Japanese footballer Sosuke Sumitani , Japanese announcer Sousuke Takaoka , Japanese former…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Sosuke
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sōsuke, Sosuke or Sousuke is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Sōsuke Genda , Japanese professional baseball player Sōsuke Henmi , Japanese swordsman Sosuke Ikematsu , Japanese actor Sōsuke Kaise , Japanese manga artist Sōsuke Namiki , Japanese playwright Sosuke Shibata , Japanese footballer Sosuke Sumitani , Japanese announcer Sousuke Takaoka , Japanese former…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Sosuke
American parents first put Sosuke on the record books as a baby boy name in 2011, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 9 Sosukes were born — ranking #8,152 that year. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Sosukes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 70 Sosukes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sosuke
Sosuke is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2011 and has accumulated 70 births in the dataset. Sosuke's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #8,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Sosuke'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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