Recorded 1997–2017 Girls' name Peak 2012 169 births

Somya — girls' name

169 babies named Somya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s882010s70
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Somya was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

22 babies were named Somya in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Somya

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Somya between 1997 and 2017, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Somya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Somya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Somya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Somya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Somya 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 169 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.

Somya at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

169

Since 1997

21 years of records

Peak year

2012

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1997

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2017

Somya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1997

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
22
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
0510152025 2017201220092006200219991997 5

Somya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
88 births that decade — 52% of Somya's all-time total
1990s112000s882010s70

Somya by state

Where Somya concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Somya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 3.0%
Florida share of Somya's total US births 3.0%

5 of 169 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Somya?
169 babies have been named Somya since 1997. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2012 with 22 births.
When was Somya most popular?
Somya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Somya most popular?
The top states for the name Somya are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Somya been used?
Somya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 21 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Somya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sommer, Somer, Somaya, Somalia, 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, 1997–2017 (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.