Somaya — #5670 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Somaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 990 babies named Somaya between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Somaya currently holds the #5670 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 207 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Somaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 726 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Somaya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Somaya in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Somaya 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 990 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.