Somali Girl Names

Explore names documented in Somali naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1882.

589#505
Up 132 rank positions in five years
2024

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1957.

478#611
Down 25 rank positions in five years
2022

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1958.

62#2,752
Down 509 rank positions in five years
2005

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1904.

19#6,252
Down 1,134 rank positions in five years
2013

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974.

15#7,435
Up 452 rank positions in five years
2007

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992.

28#4,776
Down 5 rank positions in five years
2005

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

23#5,428
Down 1,243 rank positions in five years
2010

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

22#5,553
Up 1,366 rank positions in five years
2015

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986.

19#6,116
Up 2,835 rank positions in five years
1986

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995.

—Unranked
—
2006

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988.

7#12,386
Down 2,579 rank positions in five years
2009

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1994.

5#16,819
Down 5,882 rank positions in five years
2003

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995.

22#5,582
Up 8,102 rank positions in five years
2025

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998.

—Unranked
—
2016

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2000.

—Unranked
—
2013

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1997.

—Unranked
—
2013

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2003.

—Unranked
—
2011

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006.

—Unranked
—
2006

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2001.

—Unranked
—
2023

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2000.

—Unranked
—
2004

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2015.

—Unranked
—
2021

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2003.

—Unranked
—
2011

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2008.

5#15,663
new
2008

Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2024.

—Unranked
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2024

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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