Sota
Sota is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Sota
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sota is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Sota
The earliest SSA record of Sota as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 22 newborns named Sota — #4,407 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Sota on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Sota last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 199 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sota
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sota. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sōta
- Souta
Names that sound like Sota
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sota
Sota is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 199 births in the dataset. Sota's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #4,407. Use the chart and map above to compare Sota'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.