Soumya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Soumya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “gentle, calm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Soumya mean?
Sanskrit
“gentle, calm”
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Soumya a girl's or a boy's name?
Soumya is a girls' name.
How popular is Soumya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Soumya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soumya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Soumya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Salma, Aaliyah, Zaira, Uma, Summer, Zainab, Samira, Safiya, Siya, Hafsa, Samaya
Names related to Soumya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Leena
Sources
Figures from 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, “Soumya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/soumya, updated 20 October 2026.