Given name & surname · also Hindi
Soham
“sea”·“home, small village”
Soham is a masculine given name from Hindi, ultimately from Bengali.
Original Hindiसोहम
Meaning & origin
What it means
Soham is built from elements meaning “sea” and “home, small village”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Soham comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Bengali.
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How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi सोहम, a transliteration of Bengali সোহম.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,074
- 1,074 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,124 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,124 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,375 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Soham’s family of names
In Hindi usage, Soham is a Roman-alphabet rendering of सोहम.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Soham
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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