# Saumya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saumya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “gentle”, “calm” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Soumya |
| US babies named this | 257 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 252 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सौम्य (saumya, “gentle, calm”).

## What it means

Saumya is grouped under peace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19 | 6,793 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,449 |
| 2008 | 16 | 8,048 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,807 |
| 2010 | 13 | 9,143 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,086 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,121 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,508 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,673 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,419 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,621 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,721 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,260 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,763 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 13,015 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: सौम्य

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.