NameTides

Sumaya

Sumaya was the #2,368 girls' name in the US in 2025 (76 babies), and #1,166 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Sumaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sumaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sumaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,368 (76)#1,166 (28)——#1,265 (20)
2024#2,637 (66)#1,160 (29)——#1,479 (16)
2023#2,397 (75)#1,008 (34)——#1,898 (11)
2022#2,756 (62)#876 (40)——#1,727 (12)
2021#2,848 (59)#1,069 (32)——#1,522 (15)
2020#2,341 (75)#853 (42)——#2,007 (10)
2019#2,128 (88)#749 (51)——#1,283 (19)
2018#2,190 (85)#864 (43)——#1,122 (22)
2017#2,200 (86)#785 (50)——#1,269 (19)
2016#1,875 (109)#676 (62)——#1,690 (13)
2015#1,919 (105)#674 (60)——#1,363 (17)
2014#2,081 (93)#486 (87)——#1,187 (21)
2013#2,173 (86)#554 (74)——#1,432 (16)
2012#2,047 (94)#546 (77)——#1,410 (17)
2011#2,156 (88)#509 (83)——#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,875.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sumaya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sumaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sumaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SumayaCanadaGirls#1,26520
SumayaEngland & WalesGirls#1,16628
SumayaIrelandGirls—too few
SumayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SumayaScotlandGirls—too few
SumayaUSGirls#2,36876