girl's name

Somaly

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 100

Somaly is a girl's name. In 1994 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1986, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1983.

Somaly over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1994, not a full ten years.

44
'80 '90
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Births named Somaly by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 44
1990s (to 1994) 31

How popular is Somaly?

In 1994, Somaly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Somaly is used

France #3,841 5 in 1991
United States #15,722 5 in 1994

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Somaly

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Somaly also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Somaly over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Somaly

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Somaly — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Somaly

How popular is the name Somaly?

In 1994, Somaly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Somaly a girl's or a boy's name?

Somaly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Somaly most popular?

Somaly peaked in 1986, when 13 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.