Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sota isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 214
- 214 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,094 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,094 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2015. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 268 as a first name in 2020; 473 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.
Sota’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Sota has a conventional equivalent in the English form SHOTA. In Greek usage, Sota is a transliteration of Σότα. In Greek usage, Sota as a surname is a transliteration of Σώτα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
Appears in
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