Somali 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 name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1914. | 1,116#306 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1943. | 568#527 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
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 1994. | 36#3,240 | Down 1,318 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | 41#2,991 | Down 897 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
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 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 1979. | 15#5,896 | Down 3,381 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
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 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 2003. | 5#12,004 | new | 2009 | ||
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 1997. | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
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 1997. | —Unranked | — | 2006 | ||
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 2009. | 5#12,121 | new | 2015 | ||
Documented Somali usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2024. | —Unranked | — | 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.