Sukaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-KAY-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sukaina is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Sukaina mean?
Arabic: related to Sakina
Sukaina bint al-Husayn, daughter of Imam Husayn, is especially honoured by Shia Muslims.
Is Sukaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Sukaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sukaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Sukaina, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sukaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Sukaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Sukaina 9
- Sukayna 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Sukaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sukaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sukaina, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Sukaina than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Sukaina in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sukaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Sukaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Liyana, Minha, Amira, Abeeha, Hafsa, Khadija, Yusra, Sama, Ayra, Yumna, Rumaysa
Other spellings of Sukaina
Sukayna
Names related to Sukaina
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, 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, “Sukaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sukaina, updated 20 October 2026.