Suhaylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-HAY-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Suhaylah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the star Canopus”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Suhaylah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Suhayla; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Suhayla.
Is Suhaylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Suhaylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suhaylah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 girls.
Suhaylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Suhaylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Suhaylah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Suhaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suhaylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Suhaylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Zainab, Aaminah, Ayah, Abeeha, Safaa, Hafsa
Names related to Suhaylah
Shayla, Suhayla, Suhaila, Shaylah, Shaliyah, Suhailah, Shaleah, Shaylea
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, “Suhaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suhaylah, updated 20 October 2026.