Sovereign
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Sovereign
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.
Sovereign for girls#6794 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 boys#7608 US
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.
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 October 2026, Sovereign ranked #6794 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5927 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
Cam Newton's daughter