Soma — #7527 US boys' name
136 babies named Soma in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Soma was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Soma in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Soma
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Soma between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Soma currently holds the #7527 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Soma is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 103 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Soma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Soma shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Soma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Soma 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 136 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.
Soma at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Soma popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #7527 among boys.
136 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 14 births in a single year.
Soma popularity over time — girls
103 total births recorded since 1973 (Soma as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Soma accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Soma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 68 births that decade — 50% of Soma's all-time total
Soma decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Soma's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Soma by state
Where Soma concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.