Somaya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Somaya: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,022 in 2008, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2022highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#2022
2009	#3422
2010	#2392
2011	#2275
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

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 24 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2022 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Somaya 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 Somaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	73	10 of 10	7
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Somaya 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2022 in England and Wales in 2008.

Somaya'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,022, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sommer · #331, 22y

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.

Adib · #2022, 21y
Elanur · #2022, 21y
Syrus · #2022, 20y
A'isha · #2023, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdul-Aziz · #2022, 14y
Adebayo · #2022, 11y
Adib · #2022, 21y
Adon · #2022, 15y

Somaya 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 Somaya without appearing here.

Somaya moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Gail Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3848 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #4137.
Jayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2392 and #1731 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Somaya

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1836.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2706.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Somaya

Frida Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #2540 to #4843 while Frida went from #3409 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #2540 to #4843 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #3197 to #4843 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Martine Compare
Between 1997 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #3824 to #2275 while Martine went from #1543 to #4764.

Moved the same way as Somaya

Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #3824 to #5669 and Therese from #3174 to #4645.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #3848 to #5669 and Josefine from #3848 to #5669.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #2540 to #4843 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Somaya went from #2540 to #4843 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2022 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Somaya

Somaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Somaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Somaya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Somaya and the names beside it

Somaya moved ahead of

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Somaya at a glance

Somaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Somaya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Somaya and the names beside it

Somaya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Somaya

Moved the opposite way to Somaya

Moved the same way as Somaya