Recorded 1992–2018 Girls' name Peak 2006 266 births

Soumya — girls' name

266 babies named Soumya in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s562000s1422010s68
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Soumya was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

18 babies were named Soumya in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Soumya

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Soumya between 1992 and 2018, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soumya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Soumya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Soumya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Soumya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Soumya 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 266 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.

Soumya at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

266

Since 1992

27 years of records

Peak year

2006

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1992

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2018

Soumya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1992

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2006)
18
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
05101520 201820132010200720042001199819951992 6

Soumya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
142 births that decade — 53% of Soumya's all-time total
1990s562000s1422010s68

Soumya by state

Where Soumya concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Soumya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
11 4.1%
#2 New Jersey
6 2.3%
California share of Soumya's total US births 4.1%
Even split

11 of 266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Soumya?
266 babies have been named Soumya since 1992. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2006 with 18 births.
When was Soumya most popular?
Soumya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 142 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Soumya most popular?
The top states for the name Soumya are California (11 births), New Jersey (6 births).
How long has the name Soumya been used?
Soumya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 27 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Soumya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Souline, Soul, Soundra, Southern, 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, 1992–2018 (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.