Recorded 1997–2019 Girls' name Peak 2002 244 births

Saumya — girls' name

244 babies named Saumya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s1442010s82
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Saumya was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

19 babies were named Saumya in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Saumya

The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Saumya between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saumya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saumya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saumya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Saumya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saumya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 244 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Saumya at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

244

Since 1997

23 years of records

Peak year

2002

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1997

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2019

Saumya popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2002)
19
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
05101520 20192016201320102007200420011997 10

Saumya popularity over time — boys

5 total births recorded since 2005 (Saumya as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 2005 5

Saumya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
144 births that decade — 59% of Saumya's all-time total
1990s182000s1442010s82

Saumya by state

Where Saumya concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Saumya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.0%
#2 New Jersey
5 2.0%
California share of Saumya's total US births 2.0%
Even split

5 of 244 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Saumya?
244 babies have been named Saumya since 1997. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2002 with 19 births.
When was Saumya most popular?
Saumya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 144 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Saumya most popular?
The top states for the name Saumya are California (5 births), New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Saumya been used?
Saumya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 23 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Saumya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saundra, Saudia, Sausha, Saul, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.