NameTides

Sohail

Sohail was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Sohail as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sohail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Sohail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#6,143 (14)#4,275 (4)———
2024#6,199 (14)#5,120 (3)—#785 (3)—
2023#6,897 (12)#2,547 (8)———
2022#5,874 (15)#2,321 (9)———
2021#7,089 (11)#2,730 (7)———
2020#7,034 (11)#2,404 (8)———
2019#9,756 (7)#3,937 (4)——#2,440 (6)
2018#7,617 (10)#3,412 (5)———
2017#4,935 (19)#2,324 (9)———
2016#6,349 (13)#4,810 (3)——#2,718 (5)
2015#9,568 (7)#3,004 (6)——#2,715 (5)
2014#7,048 (11)#2,459 (8)——#1,778 (9)
2013#9,655 (7)#1,706 (13)———
2012#9,709 (7)#2,458 (8)——#2,368 (6)
2011#6,578 (12)#1,251 (20)——#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #4,935.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sohail is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 85,000 to 1 in 160,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sohail by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sohail (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SohailCanadaBoys—too few
SohailEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
SohailIrelandBoys—too few
SohailNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SohailScotlandBoys—too few
SohailUSBoys#6,14314