Sumaya Girl
How popular is Sumaya?
#2,368 girl name in 2025
76 baby girls were named Sumaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
Sumaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,368 for girls (▲ 269 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,919 in 2015, #2,341 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,875 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sumaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sumaya family of names ranked #1,566 for girls in 2025 (#1,790 the year before), with 98 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sumaya | 76 | 78% |
| Sumayah | 22 | 22% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sumaya is most popular
Babies named Sumaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Sumaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1980s | 26 | #7,396 |
| 1990s | 144 | #3,506 |
| 2000s | 631 | #2,134 |
| 2010s | 923 | #1,875 |
| 2020s | 413 | #2,341 |
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Questions
- Is Sumaya a boy or girl name?
- Sumaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sumaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Sumaya?
- 76 baby girls were named Sumaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
- When was Sumaya most popular?
- Sumaya peaked in 2016, when 109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,875 in 2016.
- How many people are named Sumaya?
- 2,142 babies have been named Sumaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,127 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Sumaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sumaya was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.