Suhayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-HAY-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Suhayla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the star Canopus”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Suhayla mean?
Arabic: feminine of Suhayl, the Arabic name of the star Canopus
“the star Canopus”
Suhayl, Canopus, is the second-brightest star in the night sky and features in Arabic poetry.
Is Suhayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Suhayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suhayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Suhayla, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Suhayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Suhayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Suhayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Suhayla, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Suhayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suhayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Suhayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Hafsa Safiya Sumayyah Nusaybah Rahma Safaa Hiba Aaliyah Zainab Rumaysa
Names related to Suhayla
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Suhayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suhayla, updated 20 October 2026.