Somnang — boys' name
62 babies named Somnang in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Somnang was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Somnang in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Somnang
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Somnang between 1984 and 1997, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Somnang currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Somnang performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Somnang shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Somnang in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Somnang 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 62 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.
Somnang at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Somnang popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1984
- Peak year (1986)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
62 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 13 births in a single year.
Somnang by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 73% of Somnang's all-time total
Somnang decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Somnang's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Somnang by state
Where Somnang concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 9.7% |
6 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% 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, 1984–1997 (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.