Sumayyah

Sumayyah was the #4,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies), and #386 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Sumayyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Sumayyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Sumayyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,067 (35)#386 (110)—#1,429 (17)
2024#4,114 (35)#497 (79)—#1,949 (11)
2023#3,911 (38)#510 (77)—#1,678 (13)
2022#3,765 (40)#534 (73)—#1,989 (10)
2021#4,167 (34)#521 (78)——
2020#3,399 (45)#559 (70)—#2,591 (7)
2019#4,006 (36)#554 (73)—#2,188 (9)
2018#4,237 (33)#560 (74)——
2017#3,479 (44)#526 (82)—#1,584 (14)
2016#5,130 (26)#485 (89)—#3,294 (5)
2015#4,144 (35)#449 (96)#566 (5)#2,179 (9)
2014#3,719 (41)#478 (90)—#2,374 (8)
2013#4,243 (34)#542 (77)—#2,888 (6)
2012#5,398 (25)#516 (83)—#2,338 (8)
2011#4,681 (30)#557 (74)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #3,399.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 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 45,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sumayyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 39,000 to 1 in 51,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sumayyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: 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: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sumayyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Sumayyah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SumayyahCanadaGirls#1,42917
SumayyahEngland & WalesGirls#386110
SumayyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SumayyahScotlandGirls—too few
SumayyahUSGirls#4,06735