Given name & surname · also Spanish
Sosa
Sosa is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Portuguese. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Cebuano, and 1 other language.
Original PortugueseSousa
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sosa comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Portuguese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Sosa as a surname developed from SOUSA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sosa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 117 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,577 for boys · #13,019 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +90%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,577 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 73.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 201 as a first name in 2020; 53,289 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sosa’s family of names
In English usage, Sosa as a surname developed from the Portuguese form SOUSA. In Greek usage, Sosa as a surname is a transliteration of Σόσα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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