Given name
Saumya
“gentle, calm”
Saumya is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “gentle, calm.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saumya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 5 boys · 252 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,763 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,763 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 835 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saumya’s family of names
In English usage, Saumya has a related form in SOUMYA. In English usage, Saumya has a related form in SOUMYA. In English usage, Saumya has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form सौम्य.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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