Recorded 2000–2025 · United States
Soul was most popular in 2024, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,392 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,627, with 96 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 783 people named Soul.
Across the whole record Soul is a unisex name — 41.1% of the 783 Americans given it were girls and 58.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org