Sovann
Sovann is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
- Khmer
Meaning & Origin of Sovann
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sovann 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 Sovann
The earliest SSA record of Sovann as a baby boy name dates back to 2005, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Sovann — #9,788 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Sovann on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sovann last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sovann
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sovann. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Sovann
Sovann is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Sovann's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #9,788. Use the chart and map above to compare Sovann'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.