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Sōta
Sōta (そうた) is a Japanese name for boys. Its best-known spelling is 颯太, 颯 swift + 太 big. It is popular today and has reached No. 2 in 7 different years between 2004 and 2020.
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Ways to write Sōta
The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.
颯太
颯swift, sound of the wind太big, bold
Boy, best No. 2 (2002–2025)奏太
奏to play music太big, bold
Boy, best No. 12 (2005–2025)颯汰
颯swift, sound of the wind汰to sift, refine
Boy, best No. 16 (2004–2025)蒼太
蒼blue, deep green太big, bold
Boy, best No. 16 (2005–2024)蒼大
蒼blue, deep green大big, great
Boy, best No. 19 (2011–2025)颯大
颯swift, sound of the wind大big, great
Boy, best No. 25 (2005–2022)湊太
湊harbour太big, bold
Boy, best No. 33 (2016–2024)奏多
奏to play music多many
Boy, best No. 42 (2010–2025)壮太
壮strong, robust太big, bold
Boy, best No. 45 (2004)聡太
聡wise, quick to learn太big, bold
Boy, best No. 60 (2014–2018)想太
想thought, to imagine太big, bold
Boy, best No. 65 (2025)蒼汰
蒼blue, deep green汰to sift, refine
Boy, best No. 72 (2012)創太
創to create太big, bold
Boy, best No. 90 (2013)草太
草grass太big, bold
Boy, 3 notable people on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Sōta appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
宗太main + bigBoy
創大to create + bigBoy
将汰general + to siftBoy
Popularity in Japan
Where Sōta has ranked among the most popular name readings each year. It reached No. 2 in 7 different years, most recently 2020.
Show the numbers
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2025 | No. 10 |
| 2024 | No. 6 |
| 2023 | No. 6 |
| 2022 | No. 9 |
| 2021 | No. 5 |
| 2020 | No. 2 |
| 2019 | No. 2 |
| 2018 | No. 3 |
| 2017 | No. 2 |
| 2016 | No. 2 |
| 2015 | No. 2 |
| 2014 | No. 3 |
| 2013 | No. 3 |
| 2012 | No. 3 |
| 2011 | No. 4 |
| 2010 | No. 6 |
| 2009 | No. 8 |
| 2008 | No. 4 |
| 2007 | No. 8 |
| 2006 | No. 10 |
| 2005 | No. 3 |
| 2004 | No. 4 |
Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.
Famous people named Sōta
Sōta Hirayama 平山 相太Japanese association football player
Sota Kitano 北野 颯太Japanese association football player
Sota Fujii 聡太Japanese shogi player
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.