girls:
968 births since 1990
#4748 (17th percentile)
overall:
968 births since 1990
#6771 (12th percentile)
The name Somaya is the #6,771 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 968 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 12.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,748 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 968 births since 1990.
Somaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for girls in 1990). Birth data for Somaya is available in 26 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Somaya reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 21.6% percentile (ranked #735) with 107 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 107 births per million (ranked 21.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Somaya ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 12.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Somaya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Somaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.8% confident that Somaya is pronounced as soh-MAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is soh-MAH-yuh, at 21.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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