Soul**
#5,564 most common boys' name of all time · #13,846 across all names · 59% male / 41% female · used 2000–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,564
Rank overall
#13,846 of 105,966
First appeared
2000
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
783
Since 2016
656
Peak year
2024 #2,340
Best rank
#2,322 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 108/yr
Soul first appears in 2000. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 59 | 96 | #2,355 |
| 2024 | 47 | 61 | 108 | #2,340 |
| 2023 | 49 | 45 | 94 | #2,839 |
| 2022 | 41 | 62 | 103 | #2,322 |
| 2021 | 51 | 49 | 100 | #2,643 |
| 2020 | 24 | 30 | 54 | #3,631 |
| 2019 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #4,313 |
| 2018 | 12 | 18 | 30 | #5,263 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #10,339 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,986 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #8,529 |
| 2014 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #6,944 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,935 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,383 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,994 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,667 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,751 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,112 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,021 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,318 |