Sumaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MAI-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Sumaira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Sumaira come from?
Arabic: Pakistani name, probably related to Samira or Samra
Is Sumaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumaira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sumaira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumaira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sumaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
Names like Sumaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saba Sabiha Habiba Faiza Safia Salma Samira Humaira Fariha Nafisa Waziha Saliha
Names related to Sumaira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sumaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sumaira, updated 20 October 2026.