Soma
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Soma is a name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Soma mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Soma a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Soma has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Soma in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Soma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Soma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Soma, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003. 7 girls were also named Soma in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Soma in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soma in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Soma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Hamza, Khaza, Salem, Tatum, Om, Azai, Tadeo, Zamir, Zahir, Zayan, Sanad
Names related to Soma
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Soma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/soma, updated 20 October 2026.