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unisex name

So

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 2
  • Births on record 67

So is a unisex name with 1 syllable. It is given to both girls and boys — about 85% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1979.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

So over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

22
'70 '80 '90 '10
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Births named So by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 7
1980s 22
1990s 18
2010s (to 2017) 5

How popular is So?

In 2017, So was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where So is used

France #3,376 5 in 1992
United States #13,051 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside So

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like So also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with So over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for So

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with So — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about So

How popular is the name So?

In 2017, So was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is So a girl's or a boy's name?

So is used for both girls and boys. About 85% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in So?

So has 1 syllable.

When was So most popular?

So peaked in 1993, when 8 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.