Somaly — girls' name

What the Data Says About Somaly

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Somaly between 1983 and 1994, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Somaly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Somaly performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Somaly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Somaly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Somaly 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 75 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.