Soma

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Soma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Soma: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,589 in 2010, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2589highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2008	#2721
2009	#3031
2010	#2589
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2019	#5591
2021	#4634

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 21 years from 2001 to 2021.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3262 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2021
Highest recorded position: #2589 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2001–2021).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Soma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 61 births with the name.

Soma across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Soma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3262 (2001)	#2589 (2010)	#4634 (2021)	13 of 21	61 (2001–2021)	9 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#3687 (2008)	#3687 (2008)	#5119 (2024)	5 of 17	18 (2008–2024)	4 (2008)

Soma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Soma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Soma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2589 in England and Wales in 2010.

Soma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,589, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
9births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kyana · #2589, 13y
Mabelle · #2589, 11y
Mustaqeem · #2587, 11y
Refoel · #2587, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Kyana · #2589, 13y
Ardi · #2587, 10y
Hazem · #2587, 10y
Mustaqeem · #2587, 11y

Soma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Soma without appearing here.

Soma moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #4564.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Soma

Amalie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #931.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Soma

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 while Ada went from #1520 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 while Alma went from #1728 to #267.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 while Amalie went from #3998 to #1102.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 while Amelia went from #32 to #2.

Moved the same way as Soma

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 and Abigail from #22 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 and Aimee from #72 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 and Aisling from #514 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Soma went from #3262 to #4634 and Alex from #172 to #1866.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2589 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Soma

Soma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Soma across 2 official records

Soma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Soma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Soma and the names beside it

Soma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Soma

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Soma at a glance

Soma across 2 official records

Soma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Soma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Soma and the names beside it

Soma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Soma

Moved the opposite way to Soma

Moved the same way as Soma