Sovereign
61% girls · 39% boys
About Sovereign
Sovereign is a new addition to the baby name lexicon, recently used by such celebrity parents as Cam Newton and Usher for their daughters. But don't mistake it for an exclusively feminine name — part of Sovereign's appeal is its gender-neutral status, as it's given to roughly equal numbers of girls and boys each yera.
Sovereign for boys#7608 US
You might place Sovereign in that ever-more-popular group of word names with exalted meanings: Reign. Messiah, and Bishop, to name a few. This trend is related to the trend for mythological names, from Athena to Zeus, as well as that for modern Christian names like Creed and Jericho.
Sovereign for girls#6794 US
Sovereign is one of those names only a celebrity could introduce, much like Saint or Sir who came before it. It was actually football player Cam Newton who first used the name for his daughter, Sovereign-Dior Cambella (sister to Camidas, Cashmere, and Chosen) in 2017. But more notably, it's the name Usher chose for his baby girl, Sovereign Bo, in 2020.
You might place Sovereign in that ever-more-popular group of word names with exalted meanings: Reign. Messiah, and Bishop, to name a few. This trend is related to the trend for mythological names, from Athena to Zeus, as well as that for modern Christian names like Creed and Jericho.
Pronounced SOV-rin.
As of November 2026, Sovereign ranked #7608 for boys and #6794 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4825 for boys in 2022 and #5927 for girls in 2023.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,825 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- Sovereign Dior-Cambella NewtonBoy
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