Girls' name · since 1997
Soumaya
74 babies named Soumaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
74 babies have been named Soumaya since 1997, making it today's #15775 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Soumaya recorded 74 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #15775 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #30,549 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,775 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soumaya ranks #30,549 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,775 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 74 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Soumaya's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Soumaya compares
74 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Soumaya's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Soumaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Soumaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Soumaya splits its recorded history at 2015: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Soumaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Soumaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Soumaya's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Soumaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (64% of all-time use).
Soumaya by state
Where Soumaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.8% |
5 of 74 births nationwide.
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What to do with Soumaya's data
- Soumaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Soumayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Soumaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Soumaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.