# Soren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/soren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,625 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,946 / 679 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 609, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Søren.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 7,082 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,106 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,811 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,417 |
| 2015 | 34 | 4,291 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,620 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,297 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,838 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,294 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,154 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,727 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,885 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,551 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,372 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,895 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 347 | 681 |
| 2012 | 388 | 626 |
| 2013 | 371 | 655 |
| 2014 | 411 | 643 |
| 2015 | 489 | 574 |
| 2016 | 499 | 567 |
| 2017 | 469 | 580 |
| 2018 | 492 | 559 |
| 2019 | 510 | 554 |
| 2020 | 563 | 509 |
| 2021 | 549 | 536 |
| 2022 | 562 | 533 |
| 2023 | 548 | 541 |
| 2024 | 507 | 571 |
| 2025 | 665 | 464 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 37 | 858 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 30 | 952 |
| 2020 | 37 | 821 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Soren

- Sören Lausberg, German cyclist
- Sören Opti, badminton player
- Soren Thompson, American fencer
- Sven-Sören Christophersen, German handballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.